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BOARD OF ESTIMATE AND APPORTIONMENT. AND 
BOARD OF ALDERMEN. 



JOINT SESSION IN MEMORY OF HONORABLE SETH LOW, MONDAY, SEP- 

TEMBER 25, 1916. ; '„ 



Minutes of the Special Joint Meeting of the Board of Estimate and Apportion- 
ment and the Board of Aldermen, Held in the Aldermanic Chamber, City Hall, 
on Monday, September 25, 1916, at 4 P. M., in Memory of Honorable 
Seth Low. 



The Boards met in pursuance of the following call: 

Mayor's Ofifice, City Hall. 

A special joint meeting of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment and the 
Board of \ldermen, in memorv of the Honorable Seth Low, will be held in the Alder- 
manic Chamber, City Hall, on Monday, September 25^19^6, at 4^P^-jjgj^^ ^^^^^^ 

Dated, September 19, 1916. 

Board of Estim.vte and Apportionment. 

John Purroy Mitchel, Mayor. 
William A. Prendergast, Comptroller. 
Frank L. Dowling, President, Board of Aldermen. 
Ralph Folks, Acting President, Borougli of Manhattan. 
Lewis H. Pounds, President, Borough of Brooklyn. 
Douglas Mathewson, President, Borough of The Bronx. 
Maurice E. Connolly, President, Borough of Queens. 
Calvin D Van Name, President, Borough of Richmond. 



Alderman 


Bassett 


Alderman 


Bent 


Alderman 


Burns 


Alderman 


Burden 


Alderman 


Browne 


Alderman 


Carroll 


Alderman 


Cardani 


Alderman 


Cassidv 


Alderman 


Cole 


Alderman 


Collins 


Alderman 


Colne 


Alderman 


Cox 


Alderman 


Crane 


Alderman 


Cunningham 


Alderman 


Curley 


Alderman 


Curran 


Alderman 


Daly 


Alderman 


Delaney 


Alderman 


Diemer 


.Mdcrman 


Dixson 


Alderman 


Donnelly 


Alderman 


Dostal 


Alderman 


Drescher 


Alderman 


Dunn 



Board 


OF Aldermen. 






Alderman 


Eagan 


Alderman 


Moore 


Alderman 


Farley 


Alderman 


Moran 


Alderman 


Ferguson 


Alderman 


Mullen 


Alderman 


Ferrand 


Alderman 


O'Rourke 


Alderman 


Friedlander 


Alderman 


Palitz 


Alderman 


Gaynor 


Alderman 


Post 


Alderman 


Gilmore 


Alderman 


Quinn 


.'Mdcrman 


Goetz 


Alderman 


Robitzek 


Alderman 


Gut man 


Alderman 


Ryan 


Alderman 


Hamion 


Alderman 


Schmitz 


.Mdcrman 


Hauhert 


Alderman 


Schweickert 


Alderman 


Hoy man 


Alderman 


Shields 


Alderman 


Hilkemcier 


Alderman 


Silberstein 


.Mdcrman 


Hogan 


Alderman 


Smith 


Alderman 


Kenneally 


.Mdcrman 


Scpiicrs 


Alderman 


Kcnney 


Alderman 


Stapleton 


Alderman 


McCann 


Alderman 


Stevenson 


Alderman 


McCourt 


Alderman 


Sullivan 


Alderman 


McGarrv 


Alderman 


Tolk 


Alderman 


McGillick 


Alderman 


Trau 


Alderman 


McKee 


Alderman 


Walsh 


Alderman 


McManus 


Alderman 


Williams 


.Mdcrman 


Martin 


Alderman 


Wirth 


Alderman 


Molcn 


Alderman 


Wise 



The Mayor. Honorable John Purroy Mitchel, presided. 



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THE MAYOR — The Very Reverend Bishop Greer will open the meeting with 
prayer. 

BISHOP GREER— Almighty God and Heavenly Father, in Wiiom all creatures 
live, and from Whom cometh every good and perfect gift: We tliank Thee for the 
goodly heritage which Thou hast given us in this favored land, for the civil and religious 
privileges which we enjoy, for the manifold opportunities of human growth and devel- 
opment through liberty under law, and for all the multiplied manifestations of Thy 
goodness to us. For these and all Thy blessings may we show our thankfulness not 
merely with the religion of our lips but with the devotion of our lives. Especially do 
we rememl)er in this hour the devoted life of Thy servant, Seth Low, who gave him- 
self so freely and in so many helpful ways, to the common weal and good; to whom 
no human interest was a foreign thought or care, wlio labored so faithfully, so gener- 
ously and with such a tireless toil for the welfare of his fellow men. May his example 
in this respect be prized and cherished by the people of this community as an inspira- 
tion to them to make them see and feel the pettiness of selfishness and the nobleness 
of service. May that spirit of service which he embodied and expressed become more 
and more the spirit of this city, to purify and cleanse it of lawlessness and viciousness, 
and help to make it a city which in the whole body of its citizenship shall stand for 
something else and more tlian a grasping physical greed with its blighting entail curse 
of social strife and envy and discord and display; but a city which shall have within 
it, to inspire it as well as to preserve it, those high and pure ideal aims of a mutual 
helpfulness and service which prosperity cannot corrupt nor adversity destroy : a city 
which hath foundations deep and strong, in reverence and righteousness, justice, truth 
and peace, whose builder and maker is God. We ask it in the name of Our Saviour 
Jesus Christ. Amen. 

THE MAYOR — This is a special joint session of the Board of Estimate and Ap- 
portionment and of the Board of Aldermen, called in order that the City Government, 
speaking through the two branches of its local legislature, may pay a fitting tribute of 
respect and esteem to the memory of Seth Low, a former Mayor and distinguished 
citizen of New York. 

May I point out that this occasion is unicjue in the history of the government of 
this city? Never before have these two Boards, representing as they do so directly 
and completely the entire citizenship, come together in joint session. They do so now 
as a mark of special honor to the memory of a great citizen. 

We have liidden here to join with us, in this official tribute, the men who knew 
and worked with Mr. Low in private life, the representatives of the great civic bodies 
of New York who iiave labored with him in a hundred undertakings for the welfare 
of the city, the men who served in liis administration, when as Mayor he initiated pu1)lic 
works, he effected reforms, he formulated policies, he established precedents, he fixed 
standards, upon which every succeeding administration has builded its progress in its 
efforts to give to the people of New York the honest, businesslike, efficient, far-seeing 
and intelligent city government which was the ideal of Seth Low. 

We have invited the members of Mr. Low's family, that we may evidence to them 
the respect which this city entertained for him and the grateful recollection in which 
his signal puljlic services are held. 

Seth Low's life and history are a part of the life and history of New York. He 
was connected bv inheritance and by active participation with that business from which, 
more tlian any o'thcr, the wealtii and greatness of New York have sprung. In the days 
when American shipping covered the seas and bore the commerce of the world, Mr. 
Low's father sent over seas from this port ships flying the American flag, that had no 
equals among the merchant vessels of the world. It was ships like his Oriental, The 
Great Reput)lic and tlie Houqua that won the seas for the merchant marine of the 
United States and held them until the change from sails to steam restored control to 
England. Into that liusiness Seth Low stepped, and through it, he remained identified 
with that part of the life of New York tliat marks it as the first sea port of the world. 

Twice Mayor of the City of Brooklyn, later Mayor of the Greater City of New 
York, he has left the indelible impress of his personality upon the history of his native 

Columbia Universitv, recreated and expanded through his genius, stands today 
New York's proudest institution of learning, a monument at once to his private gen- 
erosity and to his executive capacity. , . , , , • i, ,. 

As a private citizen, Seth Low never refused his time, his labor or his substance 
to a movement that meant the betterment of this city. His interest was unttagging, his 
patience untiring, his zeal unbounded, when the undertaking was one to maintain the 
honor or promote the greatness of his city. Indeed, those who knew the activities ot 
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his strcngtli by tliese self-imposed duties contributed in no small measure to the short- 
ening of a life New York coidd ill afford to lose. 

Seth Low was a staunch, true friend. It was my privilege to see him often and 
to know him well during the past few years. In times of stress, he was always ready, 
to respond to a call for advice or aid. Time and again 1 have had his counsel and 
assistance when 1 needed tlicm, and they were always given with the ready generosity 
that distinguislied him. 

It is fitting and proper that New York should pay this public and official tribute to 
the value of Seth Low's services as Mayor, to his worth as a citizen and to his character 
as a man. 

We have invited here to address this meeting three gentlemen representative of 
the unofficial citizenship of New York. 

The Chair will put a motion to accord the privileges of the floor to Hon. George 
W. \yickersham, a distinguished member of the bar and personal friend of Mr. Low. 

The motion was unanimously carried. 

MR. WICKERSHAM— Mr. Mayor and gentlemen of the Board of Estimate and 
Apportionment and of the Board of Aldermen, Ladies and Gentlemen: 

We are assembled here today to solemnly record in the annals of this great city 
a formal and deeply felt appreciation of t'ne life and character of a man whose days 
were spent in this community, in unselfish labors for the welfare of his fellow-citizens. 

Seth Low was born in tliC City of Brooklyn on January 18, 1850. His father, 
A. A. Low, was one of the great merchants of the days when American enterprise 
carried the American flag onto every sea and into every foreign port. The firm 
of A. A. Low & Company, of whicli he was the head, was noted for high integrity 
and unquestioned credit throughout the Orient and especially in China, among whose 
people the merchant class from time immemorial have maintained the highest standards 
of honorable dealing. 

After graduation from Columbia College in 1870, Mr. Low became, at first a clerk, 
and later, a partner in that firm. From this parentage and early association, Mr. Low 
was strengthened in those principles of impeccable rectitude that characterized him 
throughout his life. But the exactions of business and the allurements of gain did 
not long alisorb his interest. 

From his early manhood, the condition of the Government of the city in which 
he lived, which was in large measure the same as that then prevailing in most of the 
large cities of the United States, awakened in him a sense of revolt and determination 
to compel reform. Writing of the conditions prevailing at about this time, Mr. James 
Bryce said in the "American Commonwealtli" : 

"There is no denying that the government of cities is tlie one conspicuous 

failure of the United States." 

Mr. Low at the age of thirty determined to grapple with the problems of City 
Government, and he flung himself into a contest for the Mayoralty of the City of 
Brooklyn as the candidate of an independent body of citizens, endorsed by the Re- 
publican party: and in the autumn of 1881 he was elected Mayor. 

Two years later, in appealing a second time for the suffrages of his fellow 
citizens, Mr. Low could truthfully say: 

"The whole City knows my re-election as Mayor of Brooklyn would mean 

just this: The patronage of the City shall not be used by or for any party in 

the presidential election, national, state or local. I shall ask of those who are 

in the employ of the City just one thing, that they discharge their duty to the 

City by which they are paid. If they do that, no enemy can deprive them of their 

place, and if they do not do it. then no friend can keep them in it.'" 

He was re-elected, and at the end of his second term of office a leading New 
York newspaper of opposite political faith to his, in summing up the accomplish- 
ments of his administration, declared that 

"He reduced the City debt by $7,000,000. 

"He reformed the system of granting municipal franchises, sf> tliat during 

his administration all i)ul)lic franchises were honestly got and adequately paid for. 
"He I'dled all the princii)al otTices with men of character and fitness. 
"He disregarded friendships and pulls and sternly dismissed all shirkers and 

incompetents. 

"lie completely reformed the public school system and put it in charge of a 

Board of Education of the highest efficiency." 

During the four years of his administration of the government of Brooklyn, Mr. 
Low furnished to his fellow-citizens an object lesson of the possibilities of honest, 
economical and efficient municipal government, conducted, not as a political machine, 
but as a great public business. Judged by the two tests which Mr. Bryce says properly 



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may be applied to the government of a city, — "What does it provide for the people, and 
what does it cost the people?" — Mr. Low's administration was efficient beyond any- 
thing that in years had been known cither in Brooklyn or New York. But he was 
made to realize the tremendous difficulties in attaining good city government created 
by the constant interference witii it by legislation at Albany, and by the cumbersome 
structure of the municipal charter, modeled as it was after that of the State, with 
an executive dependent upon a local bi-cameral legislature, and with the powers of 
government diffused and not centralized. 

Years later, in a chapter which .Mr. Low contributed to the tenth edition of 
Bryce's "American Commonwealth," he wrute : 

"For many years Americans applied to cities the theories which they had 

successfully embodied in the Governments of their States. Jt is only as some of 

these theories have broken down, when applied to cities, that Americans have 

begun to realize that they have on their hands a problem, new for them, which 

must be solved, so to speak, by rules of its own." 

This solution he strove after throughout all his life. 

Consistently, from his entry into public life until the end, lie advocated the prin- 
ciples of local self-government, the right of the people to nominate as well as to elect 
their officials, and the responsibility of public officers to the people. He rightly 
regarded honest elections as the foundation-stone of all possible improvement in 
government, and by his own efforts largely contributed to a result which he thus 
recorded in the chapter of the "American Commonwealth" from which I have quoted : 
"b'orty years ago it was impossible to have a fair election in New York or 

Brooklyn. Today, under the present system of registry laws, every election is 

held with substantial fairness. * * * 

"It is probable that in another decade Americans will look I)ack upon some 

of the scandals of the present epoch of City Government with as much surprise 

as they now regard the effort to control fires by a volunteer fire department, 

which was insisted upon even in The City of New York until within fifty years." 

But the attainment of this great result was yet afar off when, in the autumn of 
1889, Mr. Low was elected President of Columl)ia College, and thus was led for a 
decade or more into a different field of public usefulness from that he previously had 
followed. 

The time of his election to that position was a critical period of change in the 
affairs of that great institution. Its needs had outgrown the limitations of its build- 
ings, machinery and organization. It was confronted with the necessity of selecting 
a new site, providing new buildings and determining upon its future aims and ideals. 
The history of Mr. Low's great services to Columbia during the eleven years of his 
presidency may be related more appropriately at another time and in another place. 
It is sufficient to this occasion to note that the selection of the commanding site on 
Morningside Heights and the erection of the noble buildings which now so adequately 
and fitly iiouse that great institution of learning, were largely the result of the energy, 
the perseverance, the contagious enthusiasm and the boundless generosity of Presi- 
dent Low. His work was crowned by the erection at his personal expense of the 
beautiful Library Building, which he presented to the University as a memorial to 
his father. 

During all this time, Mr. Low never abandoned his interest in and attention to the 
affairs of the city. Indeed, the guiding principle of his work at Columbia was to 
draw that institution into more intimate relations with the life of the great city in 
which it was placed and to become to its increasing and cosmopolitan pfipulation an 
inspiration to higher ideals of civic duty and responsibility, and to prove the con- 
sistency of highest culture with true democracy. When the merger of the City of 
Brooklyn and a number of other adjacent municipalities into the City of New York 
was determined upon, in 1897, Mr. Low was appointed one of the commissioners to 
prepare the charter for the new and greater city. 

In presenting to the CfVnstilutional convention of 1915 his proposed home rule 
measure, Mr. Low spoke of the work of the 18^^7 charter commission. He referred 
to the city's ancient charters, to the vast number of laws which had been passed 
relating to the city, and he said that the coinmission was not called upon to deal with 
a charter that had been made out of hand, but one that was a growth of centuries. 
A charter such as that, he said, could not be torn up by the roots and the city com- 
pelled to start over again, and the charter commission of 1897, like its predecessors, 
had declined to undertake that responsibility. 

Mr. Low's recognized knowledge of the problems of city government, his inti- 
mate acquaintance with the laws affecting it, acquired through his labors in framing 
the charter; and the tangible evidences of his successful administration of the affairs 



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of the great university over which he presided, made him the natural choice of many 
of iiis fellow-citizens as the first Mayor of the Greater City. 

The movement failed of success. But four years later, a fusion of many different 
elements of our citizcnsliip who desired to accomplish a divorce of municipal gov- 
ernment from partisan politics resulted in Mr. Low's election. 

The two years of his administration were momentous in the history of the city. 
Business problems affecting its entire future, of a magnitude theretofore unparalleled 
in municipal history, were demanding settlement. After many years of doubt and 
discussion, the economic possibility of rapid transit through subways had been de- 
termined by the award ol the first subway contract to John B. McDonald, financed 
by Mr. August Belmont and his associates, in February, 1900. When Mr. Low be- 
came Mayor, the contract for the extension to Brooklyn was about to be let, and the 
adaptability of electrical motive power to subway uses had been determined upon as 
the solution of the transportation problem. A terrible accident, resulting in great 
loss of life, in the Park Avenue 1 unnel, had accentuated this need of adopting a 
motive power other than steam for use in the tunnels under city streets and led to 
the adoption of comprehensive plans for the reconstruction of the Grand Central 
Terminal and the electrification of the lines of railroad of the New York Central 
and New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroads leading into it, under contracts 
with the City of exceptional intricacy and involving most difficult questions. The great 
Pennsylvania Railroad system was seeking an entrance into Manhattan Island, and 
planning a connection with Long Island, and by a connecting bridge across the East 
River, for the first time to bring New England into direct railroad communication 
through New York City with the south and west. 

The successful negotiation of the contracts for all of these enterprises, involving 
as it did the determination of just and adequate compensation for the pul)lic fran- 
chises granted, and the necessary measure of reserved pulilic control to meet future 
conditions, constituted perhaps the most important acts of Mayor Low's administra- 
tion. Throughout those negotiations, with the Board of Rapid Transit Railroad Com- 
missioners and the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, in both of which he was 
a memljer. he maintained with rare judgment that nice and difficult Ijalance between 
the due protection of the pu1)lic interest and a just recognition of the return to which 
private capital and enterprise fairly are entitled, which can l)e maintained only by 
an official conscious of his own rectitude and in whom tlie public puts its trust. 

Both in public and private life, Mr. Low constantly strove to bring about a better 
understanding between employers of labor and their employees, and he constantly was 
chosen as arbitrator of trade disputes. He was one of the organizers and an active 
meml)er, and at the time of his death. President, of the National Civic Federation, 
which he believed might be made a vehicle for the solution of many labor problems. 
He had Ijeen a delegate to the first Hague Conference in 1899, and he was an advo- 
cate of the settlement of disputes of all kinds within or between nations by arbitra- 
tion, recognizing that very seldom is either party to a controversy wholly and unquali- 
fiedly right in its position, and that when such a case arises, an arbitration tribunal 
properly constituted would not hesitate so to declare. He was largely instrumental 
in procuring the agreement of the representatives of the great railroad systems and 
of tile various organizations of railroad employees, to the terms of an amended act 
to provide for metliation, conciliation and arbitration in controversies between interstate 
railroad companies and their employees, known as the Ncwlands Act, which jiassed l)oth 
houses of Congress and was approved by President Wilson on July 5th, 1913, with the 
heartiest expressions of approliation by all parties. Mr. Low impressed every one with 
his eminent fairness of view, his broad tolerance, his capacity to see both sides of a 
controversy, ai. ! to perceive the grounds for approach to a common agreement. One 
of his latest public services was rendered at the request of President Wilson in inves- 
tigating the complex and confused questions involved in the laI)or difficulties in the 
coal fields of Colorado, and his report on tiiose intricate questions, transmitted to the 
Congress by President Wilson on March 8th, 1916, dealing as it does witli many fun- 
damental problems involved in a great industry deserves careful study and embodies 
suggestions that may be of practical value in the determination of otiier controversies 
in different fields. 

Mr. Low was in the truest sense of the term a peacemaker, for he sought ever to 
remove the basis for dissension. In this spirit he for years devoted himself to the 
cause of the American Negro. He was a true and devoted friend of Booker Washing- 
ton, whom he regarded as a man chosen by God to lead his people in safe and sane 
ways along tlie hard but sure pathway of industry, thrift and self -discipline to that 
place of independence and respect in the community which acts of legislation cannot 
secure, and of which popular outbursts of narrow prejudice cannot permanently deprive. 



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He gave to the service of the Tuskegee Institute devoted thought, attention and 
money. He also was one of the few Americans who took pains to inform himself 
accurately concerning the condition of the Armenians, and his statesmanlike grasp of 
world conditions and his broad Christian sympathies reached out to embrace the cause 
of that martyred people. 

Among the last public services rendered by Mr. Low was five months of work in 
the Constitutional Convention of 1915. He received the highest number of votes cast 
by tile people for any of the fifteen delegates at large to that body, and he fitly was 
appointed chairman of its Committee on Cities. After weeks of inquiry, painstaking 
study and labor, Mr. Low reported from that Committee to the Convention a measure 
of self-government for the cities of tiie State, which, after much discussion and amend- 
ment, finally was adopted by a majority vote and submitted, with the remainder of the 
proposed new constitution, to the approval of the people. It did not meet the wishes of 
those who desired the city to be entirely independent of the State, nor was it accept- 
able to those who wish the State always to Iiave and, when the city acts contrary to 
the views of those in control of the State Government, exercise full control over the 
city. 

Mr. Low recognized that his measure was an effort to steer between Scylla and 
Qiarybdis. His explanations satisfied the convention, but did not convince the electors. 
He pointed out the fact that a city is not a little state which can by forming a charter 
take to itself whatever power it pleases, neither is it like a state of the union, which 
has by riglit all the powers that are not given up. He showed that the state uses the 
city in very many particulars as the agent of the state to administer the policies of 
the state as to those matters in wiiich tlie state is concerned, and thus he indicated the 
difficulties of formulating in workable form, harmonious with our constitutional gov- 
ernment, the plan of iiomc rule whicli he believed to solve the practical difficulties of 
the proldcm as it exists in the State of New York. 

He was greatly disappointed at the rejection by a large popular majority of the 
work of the convention to which he had given such conscientious, unstinted devotion, 
but he comforted liimself with the reflection that he had given his best thought and 
most earnest efforts to improve the Government of his state. 

It would too greatly extend this paper to enumerate all of Mr. Low's other public 
services. He was a trustee of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, and of many 
other charitable and benevolent organizations, and in the closing years of his life he 
enjoyed the great distinction of being President of the Chamber of Commerce of the 
State of New York. 

How can we in the few moments allotted to these exercises cast up the account 
of this full and useful life and briefly characterize its meaning to this community? 
Its strongest quality lay in unselfish devotion to the interests of his human brethren. 
Like Abou Ben Adhem, he would bp written down as one who loved his fellowmen. 
But stronger perhaps than all other interests, was his love for the City in wliich 
he was born, in wiiich his life was spent and to the service of which he gave his 
best. May we not think of him now as enjoying the freedom of that greatest city. 
The City of the Great King, whose gates shall not lie shut at all, for there shall 
be no night there, and wliicli is lightened by the Glory of God? 

THE MAYOR — The Chair will put a motion to accord the privileges of the floor 
to Hon. George McAneny, also a personal friend of Mr. Low and a member of 
his administration, and who, recently a member of these Boards, learned with us 
to value tile advice and assistance of Mr. Low. 

The motion was unanimously carried. 

MR. Mc.'XNENY — Mr. Mayor, Members of the Board of Estimate and of the 
Board of .-Mdermcn, Ladies and Gentlemen : 

It is (juite literally true that the whole city mourns Scth Low. To those who 
knew him ])ersonally or officially, or wlio, in one way or another, met liim actively 
and knew tlirough close contact the excellence of his qualities, the feeling of loss is, 
of course, the more direct and personal. But there are none who live within the City 
of New ^'ork wiio do not share today the advantages and benefits of conditions that 
he helped to create ; and there are none even among the very few who possiljly have 
not known liis name, who would not. if they were told his story, feel his loss as 
we do and join in our mourning. And so it is that I may say with truth that it is 
an expression of the real heart of the city that its government seeks to make through 
the ceremony of tliis meeting, and through the action that is to be taken. 

I do not believe, and 1 am sure that no one can believe, tliat there has lived witliin 
our generation a man who has been so closely in toucli with the growth and the 
development of this city, or whose thought has been so closely interwoven with what 
might be called the city's own thought about itself and its affairs. Tliis has been 



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singularly true of Mr. Low, and thus will he be remembered. When as a young man, 
a very young man, he became Mayor of Brooklyn, he carried into office the idea 
that was really the guiding impulse of his life — that the agencies of government in 
cities are, or should be, chiefly useful for what they may accomplish in improving 
the working and living conditions of the people who live in cities. It was part of 
the greatness of his own heart, his never ending concern for tlie welfare of his 
fellow men, his willingness to use constantly not merely his own time and energy, 
but his private fortune, to advance the general good. These were the things that 
actuated him in everything he did while in public office. He saw clearly that in 
order to get, through the instrumentality of city government, the sort of service that 
the people are entitled to, government itself must be efficient, that it must be honest, 
and that it must be purposely and even scientifically directed toward these ends. 

It was this conviction, no doubt, that led to his enlistment among the first of 
those who advocated the so-called Civil Service Reform, the demand for which had 
heretofore been heard but feebly, but which, in 1883, was beginning to make itself 
distinctly felt. He established it as a principle — the first principle — of his administra- 
tion of the affairs of Brooklyn; and largely through what he did, civil service reform 
found its practical bcgiiniings in this country. The original state act passed by the 
Legislature of 1883 had been permissive in its application to the cities, though not 
as to the state itself. In 1884 the act was made mandatory in its application to the 
cities and the state alike; but while it was still a permissive measure, Mr. Low 
accepted it and made it the law_pf Brooklyn as, under the statute, he was permitted 
to do. 

So it was through all of his career here in the Greater City — again as Mayor — 
his insistence that from top to bottom the public service should be recruited accord- 
ing to the efficiency and the honesty of purpose of the men placed in every oft'ice 
or position, high or low. 

I do not believe that, within our generation, there has lived an American who 
has mastered as thoroughly as did Mr. Low the general theory of correct city gov- 
ernment, not merely in the choice of means in recruiting its personnel, but in every- 
thing else that enters into a proper scheme of municipal administration. It was a 
fitting thing that Mr. Low should have chanced, at Lord Bryce's invitation, to write 
that chai)ter in the Tenth Edition of the "American Commonwealth" to which Mr. 
Wickersham refers ; for it was he who was to do the most, within his day, to answer 
the friendly protest of the Englishman — that in city government lay our most con- 
spicuous failure. 

It was my good fortune to be associated with Mr. Low in the office of the 
Civil Service Commission during his administration as Mayor of the Greater City. 
The civil service rules were completely recast at that time. "There were amendments 
to the City Charter that vitally affected the whole body of civil employees. I can 
testify to the infinite patience with which Mr. Low devoted himself not only to the 
framing and examination of these measures, but to the reorganization of service des- 
tined to be built upon them ; to his patience in matters of detail that most men, 
hurried and busied as he was, would have brushed aside or left to others; to his 
insistence upon the right idea at every turn, and his repugnance to every suggestion 
of compromise so long as it was even possible to get what was whollv right. 

Some years later— and again I select an instance of the wav Mr. Low served 
the city because it is one of the things of which I have personal'knowledge— it was 
my good fortune to be associated with him in the negotiation of the contracts for 
the building and operation of the great system of municipal rapid transit that is now 
developing. Officially, of course, the work lay in the hands of those representing 
the two boards officially concerned, the Public Service Commission and the Board 
of Estimate and Apportionment. Mr. Low had been named as Chairman of the 
Joint Committee of the Chamber of Commerce and the Merchants' Association to 
represent these quasi-public Ixidies before the negotiating committees. It seemed a 
perfectly natural thing, however, to take him literally into our councils. He had 
been a memljer of the original Ra|)i(l Transit Commission. During his term as Mayor 
of the Greater City, he had developerl and approved the franchises under which 
the Pennsylvania system was brought in and across Manhattan, to Long Island. He 
had been a close student of the whole problem of rapid transit; and he well appre- 
ciated that, upon the extension of the system already under operation, depended the 
future growth and orderly development of the entire metropolitan district. So, as 
I have said, we brought him into our councils, and we kept him there through many 
months of time. He rarely mis.sed one of the many meetings and conferences that 
we held. He figured with us. argued the points, and again and again used his own 
splendid power of persuasion when there were deadlocks on subjects of detail. He 



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sat with us until the great work was finished, and the benefit we secured from his 
wisdom and experience and from the breadth of his vision, it would be difficult to 
estimate. He saw and supported the theory that in building railroads for the city, we 
were not only laying the foundation for its physical growth and extension, but that 
as citizens of today we were promoting the ultimate good of the millions of people 
who are to live in the city that is to be. He shared our conclusion that we could 
not treat this great enterprise as commercial merely, but that the lines to be laid 
out and built should form the network of a comprehensive and properly coordinated 
city plan. It was this larger aspect that he constantly saw and constantly declared 
and which, in the end, won. 1 doubt whether anything in Mr. Low's career gave 
him more satisfaction than did the outcome of this issue, and I doubt whether he 
ever enjoyed more keenly his own participation in a matter of public work. Here, 
too, his consideration was first for the well being of his fellow men, the relief of the 
sorely congested districts of the old city, tlie improvement of living and working 
conditions now and in the broad future throughout its bounds, and the employment 
of the agencies of city government to accomplish this beneficent and highly sensible 
purpose. 

The city and city government with him were always first. In 1897, for instance. 
President McKinley asked him to take the mission to Spain at a time when our 
affairs abroad were growing acutely troubled, at a time when a great man was needed 
to speak for us at Madrid. Mr. Low was the first to be invited to take the post, but 
after carefully considering what it would mean to him and to his work, his judg- 
ment was that he ought not to be drawn from city affairs. He remained to fight his 
fights here, and finally to take from his fellow citizens the office for which he cared 
more than he could have cared for any other — the exalted post of Mayor. 

We recall — all of us who have served in these two Boards — how frequently, 
through the years following his mayoralty, the members of the city government 
continued to have the benefit of his advice, of his suggestion ; how frequently we went 
to him for counsel ; how we regarded him not only as the man who had laid firmly 
the foundations upon which the rest of us were to build, but as, in a sense, a sage 
of city affairs, whose word to us at any time or upon anything, we knew, came from 
a mind full of sound and well-matured conviction. 

Mr. Low's term as Mayor was all too brief for the work he had to do. He had 
time for little else than the laying of foundations — l)ut with the remarkable group of 
men he gathered about him as the administrators of department affairs, and through 
his own constant personal devotion, he reaped results that few thought possible of 
accomplishment. He established principles that will live as long as the city govern- 
ment does. In a very literal sense he started the growth and development of the 
government of the city in the right direction. None of those who have followed 
him have failed to profit by what he did then, and none who are still to follow can 
fail so to profit. The debt we owe him in a way can never be paid. But we shall 
long cherish his memory — as a man of true greatness of mind and of heart, truly as 
a great citizen. 

THE MAYOR — It is appropriate that the great university to which Scth Low gave 
so many years of his life should be heard fro'm to-day through its present dis- 
tinguished president. 

The Chair will put a motion to accord the privileges of the floor to President 
Nicholas Murray Butler, of Columbia University. 

The motion was unanimously carried. 

MR. BUTLER— Your Honor and gentlemen: 

You have accorded me a privilege whicli I greatly value. This is the one 
supremely fitting place and this the one most fitting presence in which to speak of 
Mr. Low and in which to record the lessons of his life and of his service. You 
have heard in strong, eloquent words the outline of his life and the sure interpreta- 
tion of the forces that were active in directing his thought and his interest. 

The City of New York was the center of his affections and The City of New 
York was that for which he wished to live and to labor. If he saw opportunity for 
service, great constructive service, in rebuilding a university, it appealed to him not 
so much as a proljlcm in education as it did as a prol)lem in city builduig and in 
making in the Great Metropolitan City an institution of learning that should worthily 
represent the best to which a city aspires. If he saw opportunity for public service 
in philanthropy, if he saw it in constructive work in this kind or that, it all came 
l)ack to the problem of the city, to the New York which he loved, to the New York 
in which he was born, to the New York which he wanted to help make the great 
capital of the world's commerce and the w^orld's intelligence, and the great guiding 
force in the policy of this nation and of the nations all round about it. 



5357 Septeml)er 25, 1916. 

The relation between the old college in wliich he found his education and tiie 
university into which he so powerfully helped to build it, is a natural and long standing 
one. Tb.at old college, your Honor, stood for a hundred years within stone's tlirow 
of this center of the City's official life. It has given to this city six of its .Mayors — 
DeWitt Clinton, Ferguson, Havemeyer, Hewitt, Low and Mitchel — a series of names 
extending over more than a century, but each one being followed to his task with 
the scholar's pride and the scholar's satisfaction that a group of men devoted to 
letters and science and unofficial public service have l)ecn able to have a companion 
and friend step out and take his place as the chief administrator of this Metropolitan 
City. 

This building, so beautiful in itself and so abundant in historic memories, is, of 
course, the center of the City's official life. Out of it there radiates in every direction 
those lines of influence and of aspiration which fix and direct the activities that are 
building the newer New York, not the New York of yesterday, not even the New 
York of today; the New York of tomorrow and a hundred years after the day after 
tomorrow. 1 his place is what the l-'orum was to ancient Rome, the Agora to Athens, 
the place where we symbolize and properly record pul)lic service and activity that 
touches the public in any form. How appropriate, then, that these two Boards, charged 
with the City's legislative direction, have set aside an hour this afternoon to pay 
tribute to a great citizen of a great city. 

One mistake that we so often make in our thinking and in our appreciation of men 
is to assume that all public service must be official service. Quite otherwise in a 
democracy. Our officials are simply those who are set apart for a definite time to 
do a particular thing under limitation of law, but public service is that form of 
activity for the public weal which finds its expression in ten thousand ways. Some 
of it is official; the great mass of it is unofficial. It is the work of the man or 
woman in private life who always sees the public interest first, who is clear sighted, 
generous, sympathetic, patient, industrious, in helping to clear the public mind, in 
helping to form and instruct it, in helping to prepare the path for those who are our 
officials to walk in. Every maker of pulilic opinion is an unofficial public servant. 
Public opinion is at once the path in which the government walks and the force that 
holds it up and supports it. Mr. Low from early manhood was a powerful agent 
in making public opinion. He made it not only on important occasions when large 
choices were to be made, he made it not only when the eyes of men were fixed upon 
him because of the conspicuous post that he occupied, but he made it in season and 
out of season by urging upon others that consideration, that calm deliberation, that 
patient inquiry, and that sort of public spirit which make us all one in civic pride 
and in civic patriotism. 

We Americans are so apt to emphasize our points of difference and so ready to 
overlook our points of agreement. Important as the points of difference are this 
year and another, on this question and on that, our points of agreement are many 
times more important and more numerous. We are in agreement, every one of us, 
as to what will make this city happy and prosperous and just and tender and healthy 
and serene; and every citizen, official or unofficial, who brings to the expression of 
that conviction, which we all share, those traits of character and of mind, of devotion 
and of industry, of high-mindcdiicss and of i)atience that characterized ]Mr. Low, every 
such citizen is following in his footsteps, is learning his lesson, is putting a stone upon 
his unseen but undying monument. 

The city, as Martin Luther told the Burgomasters of the German nation nearly 400 
years ago, is not made of walls or guns or material success; it is made of its men 
and women, and it is out of men and women who care for this city, who will labor 
for this city in season and out, and who will have an ideal of what this city can be 
made, it is from them that we build permanent monuments to those who have served 
us and gone l)eforc. 

So, your Honor, we are building, each in his own way, a monument to our great 
public servants, those who have been in high office and those who have walked quietly 
in unofficial life, and when we build it, each by his own ])ublic act and public service, 
however inconspicuous, we are adding to the memory and increasing the significance 
of the life of Seth Low. 

THF2 M.-\YOR — The Chair will now entertain resolutions for adoption. 

PRESIDENT DOWLING— Mr. Mayor. I offer the following resolution: 

Whereas, in the death of Seth Low, the City of New York has lost one of the 
greatest of its citizens, and the people of the city one of the wisest and most devoted 
of their leaders ; and 

Whereas, Mr. Low through his active public life, twice as Mayor of the City 
of Brooklyn, as a member of the Commission that brought into consolidation the 



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communities that now compose the Greater New York, and as Mayor, in a critical 
period of its development, of the greater city he helped to erect, rendered services 
of uiicqualcd constructive value and of historic importance, not only to the city as 
a municipal corporation, hut to all of its people; and 

U'hereas, the city has l)een enriched not only through the quality of Mr. Low's 
service as its Executive, tlie principles of administration that he established, the prece- 
dents for high-minded and disinterested official conduct, the traditions of rightful 
usage of public trust, the firm and strong foundations he laid for those who were to 
build after him; hut by his many public services of other character; his forceful part 
in the solution of the problems of city planning and of rapid transit; his upbuilding 
of the great University, that is now one of the city's rarest adornments and priceless 
possessions ; his leadership in the Chamber of Commerce, filling there, as President, a 
post his father had filled before him ; his part in the working out of social and indus- 
trial problems of constant interest and concern to tliis city and to others, the wis- 
dom and fairness of his frequent moderation in the difficulties that flow from dift'er- 
ences of position and of understanding between employer and employee; and his able 
representation of the city in tlie Constitutional Convention of the State: and 

Whereas, in his administration of private wealth given so largely for public pur- 
poses, Mr. Low has left another high example of noldc living and of admirable citizen- 
ship ; and 

Whereas, in the councils of the city government he was a frequent and always 
helpful adviser, winning in his public relationships, as he did in private, through per- 
sonal grace and charm and the warmth of his sympathy the confidence and the high 
regard of all with whom he had to do ; therefore, be it 

Resolved, that the Board of Estimate and Apportionment and the Board of Alder- 
men in joint session assem1)led, the Mayor presiding, constituting the government of 
the City of New York, herel)y record the city's deep appreciation of Mr. Low's services, 
as public officer and as citizen, and the deep sense of public bereavement with which 
the announcement of his death has been received. Few men have served the city as 
Air. Low did ; none will be remembered with greater gratitude or affection. 

The resolution was unanimously adopted by a rising vote. 

The Chair declared the meeting adjourned. 

JOSEPH HAAG, Secretary of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment. 
P. J. SCULLY, City Clerk and Clerk of the Board of Aldermen. 



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BOARD OF ESTIMATE AND APPORTIONMENT. 

Minutes of Meeting of Board of Estimate and Apportionment, Held in Room 16, 
City Hall. Friday, September 29, 1916. 



The Board met in pursuance of an adjournment. 



Present — John Purroy Mitciiel, Mayor; William A. Prendergast, Comptroller; 
Frank L. Dowling, President, Board of Aldermen; Ralph Folks, Acting 
President, Borough of Manhattan; Lewis H. Pounds, President, Borough of 
Brooklyn; Douglas Mathewson, President, Borough of The Bronx; Maurice E. 
Connolly, President, Borough of Queens, and Calvin D. Van Name, President, 
Borough of Richmond. . 

The Mayor. Hon. John Purroy Mitchel, presided. 



Approval of Minutes (Cal. A). 

The minutes of the meetnigs lield September 15 and September 18, 1916, were 
approved as printed in the City Record September 29, 1916. 



PUBLIC HEARINGS. 
On Areas of Assessment for Benefit in Condemnation Proceedings. 

Borough of Brooklyn. 

Hearing on the Proposed Area of Assessment in the Matter of Acquiring Title 
to Remsen Avenue, from Ralph Avenue to the Junction of East New York 
Avenue and Utica Avenue, Borough of Brooklyn (Cal. No. 1). 

(Tiie hearing in this matter was fixed for September 15, 1916, by resolution 
adopted bythe Board on July 27, 1916 (Cal. No. 401). On September 15, 1916 
(Cal. No. 5), a resolution was adopted laying out the street in accordance with 
the provisions of section 442 of the Charter and of chapter 495 of the Laws of 1916. 
At the latter meeting (Cal. No. 11) the hearing on the acquisition of title to the 
street was continued to this meeting.) 

The Secretary presented affidavits of publication, showing that the matter had 
been duly advertised. 

\V. H. Kouwenhovcn appeared in opposition to the proposed area of assessment. 

No one appeared in favor, and the Cliair declared the hearing closed. 

The President of tlie Borough of Brooklyn moved that a hearing be fixed on a 
modified area of assessment and offered the following: 

Whereas, The Board of Estimate and Apportionment of The City of New York 
is considering the advisability of instituting proceedings to acquire title to the real 
I)roperty required for the opening and extending of Remsen Avenue, from Ralph 
Aveinie to the junction of East New York Avenue and Utica Avenue, in the Bor- 
ough of Brooklyn, City of New York; and 

Whereas, The Board of Estimate and Apportionment is authorized and required 
at the time of the adoption of the resolution directing the institution of proceedings 
to acquire title to the real property required for the foregoing improvement to fix 
and determine upon an area or areas of assessment for benefit for said proceedings. 

Resolved. That the Board of Estimate and .Apportionment, in pursuance of the 
provisions of section 973 of the Greater New York Charter, as amended, hereby gives 
notice that the proposed area of assessment for benefit in these proceedings is as 
follows : 

Beginning at a point on the southerly line of Lefferts Avenue midway between 
Utica Avenue and Schenectady Avenue, and running thence northwardly at right 
angles to Malbone Street to the intersection with a line midway lictween Crown 
Street and Montgomery Street ; thence eastwardly along the said line midway be- 
tween Crown Street and Montgomery Street to the intersection with the prolonga- 
tion of a line midway between East 93rd Street and East 94th Street ; thence south- 
eastwardly along the said line midway between East 93rd Street and East 94th Street 
and along the prolongation of the said line to a point distant 100 feet northwesterly 



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from the northwesterly line of Church Avenue; thence generally westwardly and 
always distant 100 feet northerly from and parallel with the northerly line of Church 
Avenue to the intersection with a line midway between East 55th Street and East 
56th Street ; thence northwardly along the said line midway between East 55th 
Street and East 56th Street to a point distant 100 feet southerly from the southerly 
line of Linden Avenue; thence westwardly and parallel with Linden Avenue to the 
intersection with a line midway between East 54th Street and East 55th Street ; 
thence northwardly along the said line midway between East 54th Street and East 
55th Street to a point distant 100 feet northerly from the northerly line of Linden 
Avenue ; thence westwardly and parallel with Linden Avenue to the intersection with 
a line midway between East 53rd Street and East 54th Street ; thence northwardly 
along the said line midway between East 53rd Street and East 54th Street to a point 
distant 100 feet southerly from the southerly line of Lenox Road ; thence w^estwardly 
and parallel witli Lenox Road to the intersection with a line midway between East 
52nd Street and East 53rd Street; thence northwardly along the said line midway 
between East 52nd Street and East 53rd Street to a point distant 100 feet southerly 
from the southerly line of Clarkson Avenue ; thence westwardly and parallel with 
Clarkson Avenue to the intersection with a line midway between East 51st Street 
and East 52nd Street : thence northwardly along the said line midway between East 
51st Street and East 52nd Street to a point distant 100 feet southerly from the south- 
erly line of W'inthrop Street ; thence westwardly and parallel with Winthrop Street to 
the intersection with a line midway between Utica Avenue and East 51st Street; thence 
northwardly along the said line midway between Utica Avenue and East 51st Street 
to a point distant 100 feet southerly from the southerly line of Rutland Road ; thence 
westwardly and parallel with Rutland Road to tiie intersection with a line midway 
between Utica Avenue and Schenectady Avenue ; thence northwardly along the said 
line midway between Utica Avenue and Schenectady Avenue to the point or place 
of beginning. 

Resolved, That this Board consider the proposed area of assessment at a meeting 
cf the Board to be held in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, in the City 
Hall, on Friday, October 27, 1916, at 10.30 o'clock a. m., and that at the same time 
and place a public hearing thereon will then and there be had. 

Resolved, That the Secretary of this Board cause these resolutions and a notice 
fo all persons affected thereby to be published in the City Record and in the Corpo- 
ration Newspapers for ten days, exclusive of Sundays and legal holidays, prior to 
Friday. October 27, 1916. 

\Vhich was adopted by the following vote: 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of tlie Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 



Borough of Queens. 

Hearing on the Proposed Amended Area of Assessment and Reapportionment 

of the Cost and Expense of the Proceeding for Acquiring Title to 50th Street, 

Between Astoria and Polk Avenues, and to 51st Street, from the Bulkhead 

Line of Flushing Bay to a Point 100 Feet South of Polk Avenue and from 

Corona Avenue to Queens Boulevard, Borough of Queens (Cal. No. 2). 

(On July 27, 1916 (Cal. Xo. 37), the report of the Committee on .issessmcnrs 

relative to the distribution of cost in this matter was presented and a resolution 

adopted fixing September 15, 1916, as a date for a public hearing. On September 15 

(Cal. No. 13), the hearing was continued until this meeting. 

The Secretary presented affidavit of publication showing that the matter had 
been duly advertised. 

The Secretary also presented a communication dated September 12, 1916, from 
Charles C. Stcincrt, representing the Civic .Association of Corona, in opposition to 
the proposed area of assessment; a petition signed by several property owners on 
50th Street, requesting that said street, from Astoria Road to Polk Avenue, be left 
at its present width of 50 feet; a petition from the North Corona Taxpayers' League 
in favor of the recommendation of the Committee on Assessments relative to the 
distribution of cost; undated petitions signed by various property owners requesting 
relief from assessment, and a communication dated September 25, 1916, from W. J. 
Hamilton, urging the adoption of the Committee's recommendation. 

John Cavency, representing tivc taxpayers' associations of Corona, Elmhurst 
and Winfield ; R. D. Elder, Jr., representing the Sage Foundation Homes Company; 
H. J. Mattes, representing the Elmhurst Civic Association ; Louis Loysch, W. A. 



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Jones, Jr., and Miss E. J. Walker appeared in opposition to the proposed reapportion- 
ment of cost; Clinton T. Koe appeared in favor. 

The liearing was continued one week (October 6, 1916) and the matter referred 
back to the Committee on Assessments for a hearing and report in the meantime. 

APPROVAL OF MAPS AND PLANS. 

Sewerage and Drainage Plans. 

Borough of Maiiluittan. 

Sewerage District No. 32=C, Borough of Manhattan — Modification in Drainage 

Plan (Cal. No. 3). 

The Secretary presented a communication dated July 19, 1916, from the Acting 
President of the Borough of Manhattan, transmitting plan showing the proposed 
moditkation ; and the following report of the Chief Engineer: 

Report No. 16089. September 23, 1916. 

Hon. John Purroy Mitciiel, Mayor, Chairman of the Board of Estimate and Appor- 
tionment: 

Sir — Herewith is transmitted a communication from the Acting President of 
the Borough of Manhattan, bearing date of July 19, 1916, requesting approval of a 
modification in the drainage plan for Sewerage District No. 32-C. 

The plan makes provision for incorporating upon the drainage plan of the City 
lateral sewers in Emerson Street between Seaman Avenue and I sham Street, in 
conformity with the layout of this street approved by the Board on March 5, 1915. 

The plan appears to be a proper one, and its approval is recommended. 

Respectfully. NELSON P. LEWIS, Chief Engineer. 

The following resolution was offered : 

Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment hereby approves the 
modified drainage plan for Sewerage District No. 32-C, Borough of Manhattan, 
showing the location, sizes and grades of sewers in Emerson Street, between Seaman 
Avenue and Isham Street, bearing the signature of the President of the Borough 
and dated June 12, 1916. 

Which was adopted by the following vote : 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board c f Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan and the Presidents of 
the Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 

Borough of Brooklyn. 

Map Z, District No. 46, Borough of Brooklyn — Modification in Drainage Plan 

(Cal. No. 4). 

Tiie Secretary presented a communication, dated November 30, 1915, from the 
Acting President of the Borough of Brooklyn transmitting plan showing the proposed 
modification; and the following report of the Chief Engineer; 

Report No. 16079. September 21, 1916. 

Hon. John Pl'Rroy Mitch el, Mayor, Chairman of the Board of Estimate and Appor- 
tionment: 

Sir — Herewith is transmitted a communication from the Acting President of the 
Borough of Brooklyn, bearing date of November 30, 1915, requesting the approval of 
a modification in the drainage plan of Map Z, District No. 46. 

This plan relates to the territory bounded by Kings Highway, East 5th Street, 
Avenue Q, Ocean Parkway and Avenue R. It shows the modifications in the drain- 
age plan incidental to the provision of a sewer for Kings Highway, between Ocean 
Parkway and Avenue R, this street having recently been placed upon the City Map. 

The plan appears to be a proper one, and its approval is recommended. 

Respectfully, NELSON P. LEWIS, Chief Engineer 

The following resolution was offered : 

Resolved, Tliat the Board of Estimate and .Apportionment hereby approves the 
modified drainage plan for Map Z, District 46, Borough of lirooklyn, showing the loca- 
tion, sizes and grades of sewers in the territory bounded by Kings Highway, East 
5th Street, .\venuc Q, Ocean Parkway and .\venue R, bearing the signature of the 
President of tlie Borough and dated Octoljer 6, 1915. 

Which was adopted by the following vote : 

.Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 



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Borough of The Bronx. 

Sewerage District No. 33-N-5, Borough of The Bronx — Modification in Drainage 

Plan (Cal. No. 5). 

Tlie Secretary presented a coninuinicalinn dated February 3, 1915, from the Com- 
missioner of Public Works, Borough of The Bronx, transmitting plan showing the 
proposed modification; and the following report of the Chief Engineer: 

Report No. 16039. September 21, 1916. 

Hon. John Pi-rrgy Mitchel, Mayor, Chairman of the Board of Estimate and Appor- 
tionment: 

Sir — Herewith is transmitted a communication from the Commissioner of Public 
Works, Borough of The Bronx, bearing date of February 5, 1915, requesting approval 
of a modification in the drainage plan for Sew^erage District No. 33-N-5. 

This plan relates to a sewer in Webster Avenue between East 194th Street and a 
point about 200 feet north of Tremont Avenue, designed to relieve the sewer here- 
tofore constructed in this street the capacity of which is inadequate for the require- 
ments. The necessity of reinforcing the sewer as originally built has already been 
recognized by the Board through provision made for the construction of an addi- 
tional sewer in the section south of the southerly limit of the section now planned, this 
outletting into the Harlem River near High Bridge. The extension is to have a 
length of about 6,200 feet, with a diameter ranging from 90 inches to 132 inches. 
From information presented with the pian it appears that the alignment proposed is 
believed to represent the most advantageous route available. 

It would appear that the carrying out of the plan submitted will complete the 
relief required in tliis district, to which plan the City has already committed itself in 
tiie authorization of the continuing outlet, and its approval is recommended. 

Respectfully, NELSON P. LEWIS, Chief Engineer. 

The following resolution was offered : 

Resolved, That tiie Board of Estimate and Apportionment hereby approves the 
modified drainage plan for Sewerage District No. 33-N5, Borough of The Bronx, 
showing the location, sizes and grades of a sewer in Webster Avenue, between East 
194th Street and a point 200 feet north of Tremont Avenue, bearing the signature of 
the President of the Borougli and dated January 25, 1915. 

Which was adopted by the following vote : 

Affirmative — Tlie Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, Tlie Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 



Borough of Queens. 

Sewerage Districts No. 3=H and 10=10, Borough of Queens — Modification in 

Drainage Plans (Cal. No. 6). 

The Secretary jjrescntcd comniunicalidns, dated June 7 and 20, 1916, respectively, 
from the vSecretary to the President of the Borough of Queens transmitting drainage 
plans for approval; and the following report of the Chief Engineer: 

Report No. 16073. September 20, 1916. 

Hon. John Purrov Mitchel, Mayor, Chairman of the Board of Estimate and 
Apportionment: 

Sir — Herewith are transmitted two communications from the Secretary to the 
President of the Borough of Queens, bearing dates, respectively, of June 7th and 
June 20th, 1916, requesting the approval of modifications in the drainage plans for 
Sewerage Districts No. 3-H and 10-10. 

These plans relate to territory adjoining the southeasterly portion of the Sunny- 
side Yard of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, for the drainage of which a 
succession of plans have been presented during the last three years and made the 
subject of extended correspondence with the Borough President. The territory 
affected is bounded approximately by Jackson Avenue, Woodside Avenue, Middle- 
burgh Avenue, Lincoln Avenue, Greenpoint Avenue, Nelson Avenue, Van Buren 
Street, Foster Avenue, Honeywell Street, Skillman Avenue and Laurel Hill Avenue, 
comprising an area of about 300 acres. The territory is well adapted to industrial 
development, tiie inauguration of which is contingent upon the provision of drainage, 
with the result that extended interest has been manifested by a large number of 
individuals and civic bodies in the developmejit of the drainage plan, the design of 
which, by reason of the position occupied by the Sunnyside Yard, involves a number 
of complications. 

The contract entered into between the City and the Railroad Companies relative 
to the construction of the yard contains certain provisions under which the City 
might build sewers within the railroad property should this become necessary, and 



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the drainage plan as originally submitted in 1913, contemplated the drainage. of the 
greater portion of the territory through a sewer extending from a point near the 
intersection of Dreyer Avenue and Laurel Hill Avenue, diagonally across the rail- 
road yard to Jackson Avenue, which plan was also based on draining a small area 
adjoining Skillman Avenue between Aladden Street and Honeywell Street, into an 
existing sewer built by the Railroad Companies within the limits of the Sunnyside 
Yard. This plan was designed along lines which indicated that the sewers were 
to be given a capacity adequate for a fairly complete development of the territory. 

The utilization of the Railroad Companies' sewer and the proposed construction 
of a sewer across the railroad property was made the chief subject of discussion 
concerning this plan, which discussion has been almost continuous up to the date 
of the presentation of the plans now under consideration, which are the first ones 
submitted that could be carried out without making use of sewers privately owned 
and controlled by the Railroad Companies, for the use of which they have refused 
permission. Upon receipt of the latest plans the attention of the Borough President 
was called to the probable inadequacy of some of the sewers as designed, provided 
that the district developed with reasonable rapidity, and also to the desirability of 
changing the position of the proposed boundary between these two drainage districts 
in such a way as to avoid unnecessarily overtaxing the capacity of the outlet sewer 
already built in Van Dam Street. 

In support of the plans as presented, the Borough President has submitted a 
report from his Engineer urging the adoption of the district boundary as originally 
proposed, on the ground that the existing outlet in Van Dam Street, located within 
the limits of District No. 10, was so carefully constructed that it would be reasonable 
to assume a larger capacity than would ordinarily be assigned to it. In an inde- 
pendent communication of a later date the Engineer also argues that the adoption 
of the boundary as proposed by him w^ould permit of installing drainage facilities for 
about 25 buildings much earlier than would otherwise be the case, and at the same 
time he informally sulimits an amended plan for District Xo. 3-H, designed on the 
basis of a more restricted runoff than was shown on the formal plan now before 
the Board. 

^\'hile I am of the opinion that drainage facilities for this territory should be 
provided at the earliest practicable date, I believe that the plan should be based 
upon broad and adequate lines, with capacity commensurate w'ith the ultimate 
importance of the district. Although the Borough authorities should be in a position 
to judge of the adequacy of plans of this character, it would appear that in this 
instance the design has been prepared along needlessly meagre lines and it seems 
probable that, if carried out, the construction of relief sewers in the not remote 
future would become necessary, as has been the experience in other sections where 
the probable growth was not as susceptible of forecast as here. 

The approval of the boundary line between these two districts as planned by 
the Borough authorities would also have the effect of providing outlets for an 
area of considerable size which has not in any way contributed to the expense 
already incurred. While I concur in the belief that it would be desirable to expedite 
sewer construction in every way possible in order to give facilities of this character 
to improved properties, the buildings which would benefit in tliis instance are of a 
modest character and will probably be superseded by a much higher class of develop- 
ment; in my judgment, the desires of the present occupants should not be allowed 
to militate against the adojition of a rational and sound drainage policy for the 
entire district^ even if this course should involve postponement of sewer construction 
for a time. 

For these reasons I am unable to endorse the plans as submitted, and would 
recommend that they be referred back to the Borough President to be amended in 
such a way as to increase the area tributary to the Laurel Hill Avenue trunk to 
the maximum amount practicable, through a readjustment in the position of the 
ijoundary between the district of which this sewer forms the outlet and District 
No. 10, outletting into \'an Dam Street, with the further suggestion that the atten- 
tion of the Borough President be also called to the desirability of giving considera- 
tion to the probaijle need of a greater sewer capacity than would be provided by 
the plan submitted for District No. 3-H. Respectfully, 

NELSON P. LEWIS. Chief Engineer. 

The matter was referrerl back to the President of the Borough of (Juec-ns. 



Sewerage District No. 24-7, Borough of Queens— Modification in Drainage Plan 

(Cal. No. 7). 

The Secretary presented a communication dated December 7, 1915, from the 
Secretary to the President of the Borough of Queens, transmitting plan showing the 
proposed modification; and the following report of the Chief Engineer: 



September 29. 1916. 5364 

Report No. 16080. September 21, 1916. 

Hon. John Purroy Mitch el. Mayor, Chairman of the Board of Estimate and Appor- 
tionment: 

Sir — Herewith is transmitted a communication from the Secretary to the Presi- 
deirt of the Borough of Queens, bearing date of December 7, 1915, requesting the 
approval of a proposed modification in the drainage plan for Sewerage District No. 
24-7. 

This plan relates to the territory bounded by Leon Place, Laurel Hill Boulevard, 
Broadway and Fitch Avenue. 

Under the provisions of a resolution recently adopted by the Board a readjust- 
ment vvas made in the street plan of this locality with the effect of discontinuing Coler 
Avenue through that portion of its length east of Leoti Place. Under the drainage 
plan heretofore approved this portion of Coler Avenue was to be traversed by a 
trunk sewer which it is now planned to locate in Fitch Avenue, as shown upon the 
amended plan, this also including provision for such other incidental modifications 
as are needed to conform with the present street lines. 

I see no reason why the plan should not be approved, and would recommend such 
action. Respectfully NELSON P. LEWIS, Chief Engineer. 

The following resolution was offered : 

Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment hereby approves the 
modified drainage plan for Sewerage District No. 24-7, Borough of Queens, showing 
the location, sizes and grades of sewers in Leon Place, between Coler Avenue and 
Fitch Avenue ; in Fitch .Xvcnue, between Leon Place and Broadway, and in Renn 
Place, between Laurel Hill Boulevard and Fitch Avenue, bearing the signature of the 
President of the Borough and dated Noveml^er 27, 1915. 

Which was adopted l)y the following vote : 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 



Sewerage District No. 24=10, Borough of Queens — Modification in Drainage 

Plan (Cal. No. 8). 

The Secretary presented a communication dated May 26, 1916, from the Secretary 
to the President of the Borough of Queens, transmitting plan showing the proposed 
modification; and the following report of the Chief Engineer: 

Report No. 16090. September 23, 1916. 

Hon. John Purroy Mitchel, Mayor, Chairman of the Board of Estimate and Appor- 
tionment: 

Sir — Herewith is transmitted a communication from the Secretary to the Presi- 
dent of the Borough of Queens, bearing date of May 26, 1916, requesting approval of 
a modification in the drainage plan for Sewerage District No. 24-10. 

This plan relates to the two blocks bounded I)y Fillmore Avenue. 48th Street, 
Polk Avenue and 46th Street, and consists of a rearrangement of lateral sewers occa- 
sioned by reason of changes made in the street grade at a date subsequent to that on 
which the drainage plan was originally approved. 

1 see no reason why the changes should not be carried out, and would recom- 
mend favorable action. Respectfully, NELSON P. LEWIS, Chief Engineer. 

The following resolution was offered : 

Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment hereby approves the 
modified drainage plan for Sewerage District No. 24-10, Borough of Queens, show- 
ing the location, sizes and grades of sewers in the territory bounded by Fillmore 
.-Xvenue, 48th Street, Polk Avenue and 46th Street, bearing the signature of the 
President of the Borough and dated May 16, 1916. 

Which was adopted by the following vote : 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 

REPORTS. 

From Standing Committees. 

Committee on Corporate Stock Budget. 

President, Borough of Brooklyn — Amendment of Corporate Stock Authorization 

(Cal. No. 9). 

(On May 5, May 19, June 2 and June 23, 1916, resolutions relative to repaving, 
Borough of Brooklyn, were adopted.) 



536S September 29, 1916. 

The Secretary presented the following report of the Committee on Corporate 
Stock Budget : 

September 28, 1916. 
To the Board of Estimate and Apportionment: 

Gentlemen — In a communication dated September 11, 1916, the President of the 
Borough of Brooklyn requested that a list of streets authorized by the Board of 
Estimate and Apportionment for repaying out of the funds appropriated for the 
year 1916 be so amended as to include the following : 58th Street, 3d Avenue to 4th 
Avenue ; 30th Street, 2d Avenue to 3d Avenue ; 30th Street, the bulkhead to 2d 
Avenue ; 7th Street, 3d Avenue to 6th Avenue ; Fulton Street, Crescent Street to 
Borough Line ; Ashland Place. DeKalb Avenue to Fulton Street. 

The Bureau of Contract Supervision reports thereon as follows: 

"An inspection has been made of the present pavement, and the records 

as to original improvement, sewer and water conditions, amount of traffic and 

maintenance have been examined. 

"Thirtieth Street between 2d Avenue and the Bulkhead is a street on property 

that is under the jurisdiction of the Department of Docks and Ferries, the prop- 
erty on either side being owned by the City. The existing pavement, which is old 

Belgian block laid on sand, was done by the Department of Docks and Ferries. 
"The Commissioner of Docks has agreed that the President of the Borough 

of Brooklyn, who has the available funds, may repave 30th Street within the 

area under the jurisdiction of the Department of Docks and Ferries, and it is 

believed to be greatly to the advantage of the City on account of the important 

dock development that this pavement be authorized. 

"It is believed that the repaying of the other streets on the list is to the 

best interests of the City." 

We recommend the adoption of the attached resolution amending the list of 
streets authorized for repaying in the Borough of Brooklyn in 1916, by adding the 
following named streets : 58th Street, 3d Avenue to 4th Avenue ; 30th Street, 2d 
Avenue to 3d Avenue ; 30th Street, the Bulkhead to 2d Avenue ; 7th Street, 3d Avenue 
to 6th Avenue ; Fulton Street, Crescent Street to Borough Line ; Ashland Place, DeKalb 
Avenue to Fulton Street. 

Respectfully. V/M. A. PRENDERGAST, Comptroller; FRANK L. DOWLING, 
President. Board of Aldermen; LEWIS H. POUNDS, President. Borough of Brook- 
lyn; DOUGLAS AIATHEWSON, President, Borough of The Bronx, Corporate Stock 
Budget Committee. 

The following resolution was ofifered : 

Resolved, That the resolution adopted by the Board of Estimate and Apportion- 
ment on May 5, 1916, authorizing an issue of corporate stock in the amount of three 
hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) for the purpose of repaving streets in the Bor- 
ough of Brooklyn, be and is herel)y amended by inserting in the list of streets the 
following : 

S%th street, 3rd ai'cnuc to 4th avenue. 

30th street, 2nd avenue to 3rd avenue. 

30th street, the bulkhead to 2nd avenue. 

7 til street, 3rd avenue to 6th avenue. 

Fulton street. Crescent street to Borough Line. 

AsJiland place, DeKalb airnue to Fulton street. 

Which was adopted by the following vote : 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Alanhattan and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 



Department of Docks and Ferries — Amendment of Corporate Stock Authoriza=° 

tion (Cal. No. 10). 

The Secretary presented a report of tlie Conunittce on Corporate Stock Budget, 
recommending tliat tlie resolution adopted on December 10, 1915, which authorized 
the sum of $54,500 for the construction of extensions to Piers 20_ and 21, North 
River, under the jurisdiction of tlic Department of Docks and Ferries, be amended 
so as to increase the amount to $68,000. 

The matter was laid over one week (October 6, 1916,) under Rule 19. 



Department of Docks and Ferries — Amendment of Corporate Stock Authoriza= 
tion and Approval of Contract, Plans, Specifications, Etc. (Cal. No. 11). 

The Secretary presented a report of the Committee on Corporate Stock Budget 
recommending that the resolution adopted on June 30, 1916 (Cal. No. 139), which 



September 29, 1916. 5366 

authorized an issue of $12,000 corporate stock for the construction of an extension 
to pier No. 47, North River, under the jurisdiction of the Department of Docks and 
Ferries, l)e amended so as to increase the amount to $12,500, and the approval of 
lorms of contract, plans, specifications and estimate of cost at $12,500. 

(On July 11, 1916, the Comptroller approved the estimate of cost at $12,000.) 
The matter was laid over one week (October 6, 1916,) under Rule 19. 



Committee on Salaries and Grades. 

President, Borough of The Bronx— Retirement of William Gibney, Laborer 

(Cal. No. 12). 

(On July 27, 1916 (Cal. No. 347), the request in this matter was referred to the 
Committee on Salaries and Grades.) 

The Secretary presented a communication dated July 21, 1916, from the President 
of the Borough of The Bron.\ requesting retirement of William Gibney, Laborer; 
and the following report of the Committee on Salaries and Grades recommending 
approval thereof : 

September 25, 1916. 

To the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, The City of New York: 

Gentlemen — At a meeting of your lioard held July 27, 1916, there was submitted 
a communication from the President of the Borough of The Bronx, dated July 21, 
1916, recommending the retirement of William Gibney, a Laborer in the Engineering 
Bure;iu, President. Borough of Tiie Bronx. 

The i 'resident's communication was as follows : 

"Pursuant to the provisions of section 165 of the Greater New York Charter, 

I recommend the retirement from active service of William Gibney, a laborer in 

the Engineering Bureau of this office. 

"Mr. Gibney is sixty-three years of age and has been in the employ of the 

City of New York for upwards of thirty years, as specifically set forth below : 

— — » 

Years. Months. 

"May 1, 1880, to December 31, 1880, Croton Aqueduct (under 

the name of Patrick Gibnev) .. 8 

"May 12, 1886. to December 31, 'l890. Department of Parks.. 4 7 
"January 1, 1891, to December 31, 1897, Commr. Street Im- 
provements 6 9 

"Januarv 1, 1898, to June 24, 1899, Bureau of Sewers 1 6 

"June 24, 1899, to December 31, 1901, Board of Public Im- 
provements 2 6 

"January 1, 1902, to date. President, Borough of The Bronx.. 14 6 

30 6 

— > 
"I believe Mr. Gibney is physically incapacitated for the further performanca 

of the duties of his position and that his retirement will be in the interest of the 

public service." 

Applicant states he is 66 years of age. 

On September 12, 1916, Mr. Gibney was examined by the Board of Medical 
Examiners. The report of the said board is attached hereto and states in conclusion: 
"Ai)plicant is permanently unfit for duty and we therefore suggest that you recom- 
mend his retirement." 

Mr. Gibncy's original appointment and subsequent changes in title and rate of 
compensation were as follows : 

May 1, 1880 — Appointed as Laborer, Croton Aqueduct, Department of Public 
Works, at $1.60 per day. 

November 30, 1880 — Services ceased. 

May 10. 1886— .\ppointed as Sewer Laborer, Department of Parks, 23rd and 24th 
Wards, at $2.00 per dav. 

Januarv 1. 1891 — Transferred to Commissioners of Street Improvements. 

May 22. 189.3 — Compensation changed to $2.25 per day. 

June 25, 1899 — Transferred to Board of Public Improvements, Manhattan at 
$2.50 per day. 

January 1. 1902 — Transferred to President, Borough of The Bronx. 



5367 September 29, 1916. 

An examination of the payrolls and time sheets has been made sufficient to 
establish over thirty years of service as follows : 

Years. Months. Days. 

1880, May 1 to November 30 .. 5 22 

1886. Mav 10 to December 31 . .' . . 8 

1887 to 1915, inclusive 29 

1916, January 1 to August 31 . . 8 

29 21 22 

— aggregating a total service of 30 years 10 months. 

In an affidavit dated September 6, 1916, submitted herewith, Mr. Gibney stated 
that he had never filed a claim nor brought suit against The City of New York for 
the payment of salary or wages or for any other claim. 

A search of the records in the Law Department discloses no evidence of any 
action brought by deponent. 

An examination of the Register of Claims in the Division of Law and Adjust- 
ment of the Department of Finance for the past six years shows that he has filed 
no claim during that period. 

For the period from September 1, 1913, to August 31, 1916, Mr. Gibney's com- 
pensation as provided for in the budget was at the rate of $2.50 per day with 303 
working days to the year, an average annual rate of $757.50. 
His actual compensation during the same period was: 

September 1 to December 31, 1913. 86 days at $2.50 per day $215 00 

January 1 to December 31, 1914, 263 days at $2.50 per dav 657 50 

Januarv 1 to December 31. 1915. 289K> davs at $2.50 per day 723 75 

Januarv 1 to August 31, 1916, 47 days at $2.50 per day *117 50 



$1,713 75 
— an average annual sum of $571.25. 

We recommend the adoption of the accompanying resolution retiring William 
Gibney from active service and awarding and granting him an annuity of $378.75, 
l>eing equal to 50 per centum of his average annual rate of compensation for the past 
three years. Respectfully sulimitted, 

ALBERT E. HADLOCK. Deputv and Acting Comptroller; JOHN PURROY 
MITCHEL, Mayor; LEWIS H. POUNDS, President, Borough of Brooklyn, Com- 
mittee on Salaries and Grades. 

The followintr was offered : 

Whereas, William Gibney, employed as a Laborer in the Engineering Bureau, 
office of the President of the Borougli of TIic Bron.x, has been in the employ of The 
City of New York or of one of the municipalities, counties or parts thereof which 
have been incorporated into The City of New York, for a period of thirty years 
and ui)ward. and is physically incapacitated for the further performance of tlie duties 
of his position, therefore lie it 

Resolved. That the interest of the public service requires his retirement, and 
that the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, pursuant to the provisions of sec- 
tions 165. 166 and 167 of the Greater New York Charter, as amended by chapter 
669 of the Laws of 1911 and chapter 479 of the Laws of 1912. hereby docs retire 
from active service William Gilmey, employed as a Laliorer in tlie Engineering Bu- 
reau, office of the President of the Borough of The Bronx, and hereljy awards and 
grants to said William Gilmey an annual sum or annuity of three hundred seventy- 
eight dollars and seventy-five cents ($378.75). being fifty per centum of his average 
annual rate of compensation for the three years immediately preceding the taking 
effect of this resolution ; this resolution to take effect upon the first day of the month 
following its adoption, subject to the execution by the annuitant of a general release; 
and be it further 

Resolved. That the Comptroller of The City of New York be and he is hereby 
directed to pay said annuity to said William Gibney during his lifetime in equal 
monthly installments out of the receipts of excise moneys or liquor taxes belonging 
to The City of New York. 



*On leave of absence without pay from Feliruary 29 to August 31, 1916, on 
account of sickness. 



Scptcml)er 29, 1916. 5368 

W'hicli was adopted by the following vote : 

Affirmative — Tlie Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Actinf? President of the Borougli of Manhattan and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs ot Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 



Department of Water Supply, Cias and Electricity — Retirement of Charles H. 
Ramsden, Inspector of Meters and Water Consumption (Cal. No. 13). 

(On June 2. 1916 (Cal. Xo. 97), the request in this matter was referred to the 
Committee on Salaries and Grades.) 

The Secretary presented a communication, dated !May 25, 1916, from the Com- 
missioner of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity, requesting retirement of Charles 
H. Ramsden, Inspector of Meters and Water Consumption ; and the following report 
of the Committee on Salaries and Grades recommending approval thereof: 

September 25, 1916. 

To the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, The City of N^czv York: 

Gentlemen — At a meeting of your board held June 2, 1916, there was submitted 
a communication from the Commissioner of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity, dated 
May 25, 1916, recommending the retirement of Charles H. Ramsden, an Inspector of 
Meters and Water Consumption in the Department of Water Supply, Gas and 
Electricity. 

The Commissioner's communication was as follows : 

"I send you herewith application for retirement on pension of Charles H. 
Ramsden, Inspector of Meters and Water Consumption in this department. The 
applicant claims to he a veteran of the Civil War and the verified record of his 
service in the City shows that he has lieen employed for a period in excess of the 
requisite twenty years. A physician's certificate furnished by the applicant, and 
herewith inclosed, indicates that he is physically unfit to perform the necessary 
work of Iiis position. I request that you forward this application to the Board 
of Estimate and Apportionment and if the matter of the applicant's veteranship 
and iiis physical incapacity be confirmed after due investigation by that Board, I 
recommend that liis apjdication be favorably acted upon. 

"The applicant's remuneration during the past three years and more has been 
at the rate of $1,100 per annum." 
Applicant states he is 7?i years of age. 

On September 12, 1916, Mr. Ramsden was examined by the Board of Medical 
Examiners. Tlie report of the said board is attached hereto and states in conclusion: 
"Applicant is now permanently unfit for duty and we therefore suggest that 
you recommend his retirement." 

Mr. Ramsden is a veteran of the Civil War. His certificate of discharge states 
that he enrolled on May 28, 1862, to serve 3 months, and was discharged on September 
22, 1862, while holding the grade of private in Co. E, 13th Regiment of New York 
State Mil. Arty. Volunteers. A copy of said certificate is attached hereto. 

Mr. Ramsden's original appointment and subsequent changes in title and rate of 
compensation were as follows : 

July 3, 189-1 — .Appointed Inspector of Meters, Department of City Works, Brooklyn, 
at $1,200 per annum. 

May 1, 1902 — Compensation changed to $1,000 per annum. 
May 1, 1910 — Compensation changed to $1,100 per annum. 

An examination of the payrolls and time sheets has been made sufficient to es- 
tablish over twenty years of service as follows : 

Years. Months. Days. 

1894, lulv 3 to December 31 77.. 5 29 

1895 to 1915, inclusive 21 

1916, January 1 to August 31 8 



21 13 29 



— aggregating a total service of more than 22 years, 1 month. 

In an affidavit dated September 8, 1915, sulimitted herewith. Mr. Ramsden stated 
that he had never filed a claim nor brought suit against The City of New York for 
the payment of salary or wages or for any other claim. 

A search of the records in the Law Department discloses no evidence of any action 
brought by deponent. 



5369 September 29, 1916. 

An examination of the Register of Claims in the Division of Law and Adjust- 
ment of the Department of Finance for the past few years shows that he has tiled 
no claim during tliat period. 

For the period from September 1, 1913, to August 31, 1916, Mr. Ramsden's com- 
pensation as provided for in the budget and the amount he actually received was 
$1,100 a year. 

We recommend the adoption of the accompanying rcsohition retiring Charles 
H. Ramsden from active service and awarding and granting him an annuity of $550, 
being equal to 50 per centum of his average annual rate of compensation for the 
past three vears. 

Rcspccl'fullv submitted. ALBERT E. H.^DLOCK, Deputy and Acting Comptroller: 
JOHN PURRbV MITCHEL, Mayor; LEWIS H. POUNDS, President, Borough 
of Brooklyn, Committee on Salaries and Grades. 

The following was offered : 

Whereas, Charles H. Ramsden, employed as an Inspector of Meters and Water 
Consumption in the Department of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity, is an honor- 
ably discharged soldier, who served as such in the Union Army during the War of 
the Rebellion, has been in the employ of The City of New York or of one of the 
municipalities, counties or parts thereof which have been incorporated into The 
City of New York, for a period of twenty years and upward, and is physically incapac- 
itated for the further performance of the duties of his position, therefore, be it 

Resolved. That the interest of the public service requires his retirement, and 
that the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, pursuant to the provisions of 
sections 165, 166 and 167 of the Greater New York Charter, as amended by Chapter 
669 of the Laws of 1911 and Chapter 479 of the Laws of 1912, hereby does retire 
from active service Charles H. Ramsden, employed as an Inspector of Meters and 
W^ater Consumption in the Department of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity, and 
lierebj- awards and grants to said Charles H. Ramsden an annual sum or annuity 
of five hundred and titty dollars ($550), being fifty per centum of his average annual 
rate of compensation for the three years immediately preceding the taking effect of 
this resolution; this resolution to take effect upon the first day of the month following 
its adoption, subject to the execution by the annuitant of a general release; and be 
it further 

Resolved, That the Comptroller of The City of New York be and he is hereby 
directed to pay said annuity to said Charles H. Ramsden during his lifetime in equal 
monthly installments out of the receipts of excise moneys or liquor taxes belonging 
to The City of New York. 

Which was adopted by tie following vote: 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan, and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bron.x, Queens and Riclimond — 16. 

Department of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity — Retirement of Amos Hague, 

Painter (Cal. No. 14). 

(On July 27, 1916 (Cal. No. 42.(>), tie request in this matter was referred to riie 
Committee on Salaries and Grades.) 

The Secretary presented a communication dated July 24, 1916, from the Com- 
missioner of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity requesting retirement of Amos Hague, 
Painter; and the following report of the Committee on Salaries and Grades recom- 
mending api)roval thereof: 

September 25, 1916. 
To the Board of lisliiiiatc and Apporliunmoit, The City of Nczv ]'ork: 

Gentlemen — At a meeting of your board held July 27, 1916, there was submitted a 
communication from the Commissioner of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity, dated 
July 24, 19H), recommending the retirement of Amos Hague, a Painter in the Depart- 
ment of Water Supply, (jas and Electricity. 

The Commissioner's communication was as follows: 

"I send you herewith ai>i)lication for retirement on pension of Amos Hague, 
a painter in this department. The applicant is a Civil W'ar veteran and a careful 
search of the records shows th.it he has served the City for a period of more 
than twenty years. Moreover, the statement of his superior indicates that, in his 
opinion, the ai)i)licant is physically incapable of performing the duties of his 
position and this view appears to be ami)ly confirmed by the physician's certificate 
submitted, and herewith inclosed. Under the circumstances. 1 recommend that 
this apidication be forwarded to the Board of Estimate and Apportionment for 
favorable action. 



September 29, 1916. 5370 

"The applicant's remuneration for tlie past three years and more has been 

at the rate of $4 per day." 

Applicant states he is 73 years of age. 

On Sci)tcmber 12, 1916. Mr. Hague was examined by the Board of Medical 
Examiners. The report of tlie said board is attached hereto and states in conclusion: 
"Apphcant is permanently unfit for duty and we therefore suggest that you recom- 
mend his retirement." 

Mr. Hague is a veteran of the Civil War. His certificate of discharge states 
that he enrolled on October 20, 1862, and was discharged October 12, 1865, wiiile 
holding the grade of sergeant in Company B, 159th Regiment of New York Infantry 
Volunteers. A copy of said certificate is attached hereto. 

Mr. Hague's original appointment and subsequent changes in title and rate of 
compensation were as follows : 

May 8, 1896— Appointed as a Painter in the Department of City Works, Brooklyn, 
at $3.00' per day. 

July 19, 1897 — Compensation changed to $3.50 per day. 

May 18, 1898 — Compensation changed to $3.00 per day. 

July 26, 1900— Compensation changed to $3.50 per day. 

February 19, 1904 — Compensation changed to $4.00 per day. 

An examination of the payrolls and time sheets has been made sufficient to 
establish over twenty years of service as follows : 

Years. Months. Days. 

1896, May 8 to December 31 7 17 

1897 to 1915, inclusive 19 

1916, January 1 to August 31 . . 8 

1 9 15 17 

— aggregating a total service of more than 20 years 3 months. 

In an affidavit dated September 9, 1916, submitted herewith, Mr. Hague stated 
that he had never filed a claim nor brought suit against the City of New York for 
the payment of salary fir wages or for any other claim, except that in abdut 190() 
deponent, with a number of others, filed a claim for wages claimed as due him undel 
the prevailing rale of wages law, but he never recovered any money as a result oi 
said claim, and to the best of his knowledge and l)clicf no further action has evei 
been taken in the matter. 

A search of the records in the Law Department discloses two actions broughc 
by deponent for difference in wages claimed as due him under the prevailing ratd 
of wages law, one for $600 on April 4, 1900, and another for $705 on July 20, 1904. 
Both these actions were dismissed for lack of iirosccution on April 22. 1916, and 
April 15, 1916, respectively. 

An examination of the Register of Claims in the Division of Law and Adjust- 
ment of the Department of b'inance for the past six years shows that he has filed 
no claim during that period, but on March 1, 1900, and June 15, 1904, he filed claims 
for $6(KJ and $705, respectively, for difference in wages claimed as due him under 
the prevailing rate of wages law. He also filed a claim on November 28, 1910, for 
"salary during unlawful suspension from December 17, 19(J9, to January 1, 1910." 
This claim was for about $48 and it was disallowed on January 18, 1911. 

1m >r the i)eriod from September 1, 1913, to August 31, 1916, Mr. Hague's com- 
pensation as provided for in the budget was at the rate of $4 per day, with 303 work- 
ing days to the year, or an average annual rate of $1,212. 
His actual comiicnsation during the same period was: 

September 1 to Decemlier 31. 1913. 105 davs at $4 per day $420 00 

January 1 to December 31. 1914. 309 davs at $4 per day 1.236 00 

Januar\- 1 to December 31. 1915. 303 days at $4 per dav 1,212 GO 

January 1 to August 31. 1916, 203^ days at $4 per day 815 00 

$3,683 00 
— an average annual sum of $1,227.67. 

We recommend the adoption of the accompanying resolution retiring Amos 
Hague from active service and avvarding and granting him an annuity of $606, 
being cfpial to 50 per centum of his average annual rate of compensation for the 
past three vcars. Respectfullv sulimitted, 

ALBERT E. HADLOCK, Deputv and Acting Comptroller; JOHN PURROY 
MITCHEL, Mayor; LEWIS H. POUNDS. President, Borough of Brooklyn, Com- 
mittee on Salaries and Grades. 



5371 September 29. 1916. 

The following' was offered : 

Whereas, Amos Hague, employed as a Painter in the Department of Water 
Supply, Gas and Klectricity, is an honorably discharged soldier who served as such 
in the Union Army during the War of the RebeUion. has been in the employ of 
The City of New York or of one of the municipalities, counties or parts thereof 
which liave been incorporated into The City of New ^'ork, for a period of twenty 
years and upward, and is physically incapacitated for the further performance of 
the duties of his position, therefore be it 

Resolved, That the interest of the public service requires his retirement, and 
that the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, pursuant to the provisions of sec- 
tions 105, 166 and 167 of the Greater New York Charter, as amended by chapter 
669 of the Laws of 1911, and chapter 479 of the Laws of 1912 hereby does retire 
from active service Amos Hague, employed as a Painter in the Department of 
Water Supplj', Gas and Electricity, and hereby awards and grants to said Amos 
Hague an annual sum or annuity of six hundred and six dollars ($606), being fifty 
per centum of his average annual rate of compensation for the three years imme- 
diately preceding the taking effect of this resolution ; this resolution to take effect 
upon the first day of the month following its adoption, subject to the execution by 
the annuitant of a general release; and be it further 

Resolved, That the Comptroller of The City of New York be and lie is hereby 
directed to pay said annuity to said Amos Hague during his lifetime in equal 
monthly installments out of the receipts of excise moneys or liquor taxes belonging 
to The City of New York. 

Which was adopted by the following vote : 

Affirmative— The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, tiie Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan and the Presidents of the 
Borouglis of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 



Department of Docks and Ferries — Retirement of Wilson L. Newbegin, Dock= 

Builder (Cal. No. 15). 

(On March 31, 1916 (Cal. No. 158), the request in this matter was referred to 
the Committee on Salaries and Grades.) 

The Secretary presented a communication, dated February 28, 1916, from the First 
Deputy and Acting Commissioner of Docks, requesting retirement of Wilson L. 
Newl)egin, Dockbuiidcr; and the following report of the Committee on Salaries and 
Grades reccjmmending denial thereof : 

September 14, 1916. 
To the Boai'd of Estimate and Al^portioiimcnt , The City of Xezv York: 

Gentlemen — At a meeting of your Board held March 3, 1916. there was submitted 
by the Mayor a communication from the First Deputy and Acting Commissioner 
of Docks, dated February 28, 1916, recommending the retirement of Wilson L. New- 
begin, a Dockbuiidcr, in the Department of Docks and Ferries. 

The First Deputy and Acting Commissioner's communication was as follows: 

"Wilson L. Newbegin. of 205 East 36th Street, Borough of Manhattan, a 
Dock Builder in this Department, has made application for retirement from the 
service of the City. 

"The records of this Department show the following: 
"June 8, 1881. William L. Newbegin appointed Lal)orer. 
"July 13. 1881. W. L. Newbegin appointed Dock Builder. 

"April 6, 1893, William L. Newberger appointed Dock Builder. The 1894 
Minutes do not include the name of William L. Newberger as a Dock Builder, 
but Wilson N. Newbegin appears in that year's list of Dock Builders as well as 
in the list of Dock Builders for 1895. 

"December 22, 1897, Wilson L. Newbegin appointed Dock Builder, 
"h'ebruary 8, 1907. Dropped for absence from duty. 

"February 19, 1907, Irregular attendance satisfactorily explained, and rein- 
stated as Dock Builder. 

"Mr. Newl)rgin states he was appointed in June, 1881. and that he has served 
continuously since that time, with the exception of about three months in 1892, 
and two years from 1895 to 1897. Since January 1. 1912. Mr. Newbegin has been 
paid at the rate of $4.00 per day while employed. 

"Mr. Newbegin was injured on April 30. 1910. while at work, and again on 
June 28, 1915. while at work. He also claims that he was seriously injured while 
at work at West 28th Street. North River, in 1882. and that he still suffers from 
that injurv. when he sustained a cut artery in his foot; also that he was injured 
while at work at East 23rd Street, East River, about fourteen years ago. 



Septcinhcr 29, 1916. 



5372 



"With his application Mr. Newbegin has submitted a certificate signed by 

Dr. C. C. Curtis of the Hospital of the Holy Family, reading as follows : 

" 'To whom it may concern — That Mr. Wilson L. Newbegin of 205 East 

Thirty Sixth- N. Y., sustained a fracture and a dislocation of the left clavicle 

and while the union is good the arm is to a certain extent impaired and he will 

be unable to continue in his previous duties as a wharf builder. I am unable 

to say just how long this man will suffer from the effects of this injury.' 

"I recommend the retirement of Mr. Newbegin from the service of this De- 
partment if he is found eligible therefor." 

Mr. Newbegin's original appointment and subsequent changes in title and rate of 
compensation were as follows : 

June 15, 1881, Appointed Laborer in the Department of Docks and Ferries at com- 
pensation of 20c. per hour. 

July 13, 1881, Title changed to Dockbuilder at 25c. per hour. 

July 16, 1882, Compensation changed to 28c. per hour. 

February 16, 1883, Services ceased. 

April 8, 1893, Reappointed Dockbuilder in the Department of Docks and Fer- 
ries at 30c. per hour. 

August 10. 1894, Services ceased. 

December 27, 1897, Reappointed Dockbuilder in the Department of Docks and 
Ferries at 30c. per hour. 

May 20, 1899, Compensation changed to 37i/^c. per hour. 

June 1, 1903, Compensation changed to 43Hc. per hour. 

March 4, 1910, Compensation changed to $3.50 per day. 

January 1. 1913, Compensation fixed at $4.00 per day. 

The total service established by an examination of the payroll and time records 
is as follows : 

Years. 

1881, June 15 to December 31 

1882, January 1 to December 31 

1883, January 1 to February 16 

1893, April 8 to December 31 

1894, January 1 to August 10 

1897, December 27 to December 31 

1898, January 1 to December 31 

1899 to 1901, inclusive 3 

1902, Januarv 1 to December 31 

1903 to 1915, inclusive 13 

1916, January 1 to August 31 

16 



Months. 


Days. 


4 


25 


7 


26 




13 


9 




7 


9 




4 


10 


23 


io 


"4 



55 



104 



— aggregating a total service of less than 22 years. 

In addition to the above service Mr. Newbegin claims to have been in the employ 
of the Department of Docks and Ferries as a Dockbuilder, during the years 1883 
to 1893, and submits as evidence of such service affidavits by Robert Kyles, of 779 
East 176th Street, and R. M. Sterritt, of 3632 Olinville Ave., both resid'ents of the 
Borough of The Bronx, and William Love, residing in Ridgewood, Borough of 
Brooklyn, each of whom states that he worked in the Department of Docks and 
Ferries during the years 1883 to 1893 and remembers having worked with Mr. New- 
begin on different jobs, at various places, during the period claimed. The affidavits 
are attached hereto. 

A thorough examination of the payrolls of the Department of Docks and Ferries 
for the years 1883 to 1893 has been made, but Mr. Newbegin's name docs not appear 
on any of them. Moreover, the total amount paid for wages during tliese years, as 
shown by the payrolls, agrees with the amount charged in the fund ledgers. 

An examination of the lists of civil employees of The City of New York for the 
years 1883 to 1893 has also been made, but Mr. Newbegin's name does not appear. _ 

In view of the facts disclosed by the examination of tiie department records it 
is likely that the men making the affidavits of service are mistaken as to dates and 
places. 

The accompanying resolution, denying the application of Wilson L. Newbegin 
for retirement, is recommended for adoption. Respectfully submitted, 

W^M. A. PRENDERGAST, Comptroller; JOHN PURROY MITCHEL, Mayor; 
LEWIS H. POUNDS, President, Borough of Brooklyn, Committee on Salaries and 
Grades. 



5373 September 29, 1916. 

The following was offered : 

Whereas, Wilson L. Newbegin, employed as a Dockbuilder in the Department 
of Docks and Ferries, has made application for retirement, under the provisions of 
sections 165, 166 and 167 of the Greater Mew York Charter, as amended; and 

Whereas, The said W dson L. Aewljegin has not been m the employ of The City 
of New York or of any of the municipalities, counties or parts thereof which have 
been incorporated into The City of New York, for a period of thirty years, as required 
by section 165 of the Charter ; therefore be it 

Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, pursuant to the 
provisions ot section 165 of the Greater New York Cliarter, as amended, hereby 
denies the application of Wilson L. Newbegin for retirement. 

Which was adopted by the following vote : 

Affirmative — Tne Mayor, the ComiJtroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough ot Manhattan and the Persidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 



President, Borough of Brooklyn — Modification of Schedules (Cal, No, 16). 

liie iecieiary presented a conimumcaiiuii dated ^cplemijer 1, 1910, trom the 
Acting President ot the Borough of Brooklyn, requesting modification of schedules 
for IvlO; and the following report of tlie Committee on Salaries and grades recom- 
mending approval thereof : 

September 23, 1916. 
To the Board of Estimate and Apportioiunent : 

Gentlemen— On September 1, l9lO, the PRESIDENT OF THE BOROUGH OF 
BROOKLYN requested modification of Lodes 554 and 555 for 191t). The Bureau of 
Standards reports thereon as loUows: 

"Purpose — In Code 554, to increase corporate stock allowance by $12,000 and 
reduce special corporate stock (assessment allowance) by the same amount. In 
Code 553 to increase corporate stock allowance and reduce special and trust 
fund allowance by $300, respectively. 

■■Reason — To adjust scnedule totals so that proper charges may be made 
against accounts affected. 

"Finding — The request is reasonable and necessary." 
In view of above report we recommend the adoption of the attached reolution 
approving tlie request. Respect fullv, 

WM. A. PRENDERGAST, Comptroller; JOHN PURROY MITCHEL, Mayor; 
LEWIS H. POUNDS, President, Borough of Brooklyn; Committee on Salaries and 
Grades. 

The following resolution was offered : 

Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment hereby approves of 
the schedules, as revised, for the office of the President of the Borough of Brooklyn 
for the year 1916, effective as of September 1, 1916, as follows: 

Engineering and Inspection. 
554TCS Tax Levy, Corporate Stock, Special Corporate Stock (Assessment), and 
Special Trust Fund Force — 

Chief Engineer $6,120 00 

Assistant Engineer, 1 at $4,000 8,000 00 

Assistant Engineer, 3 at $3,420 10,260 00 

Assistant Engineer 3,000 00 

Assistant Engineer, 2 at $2,400 4,800 00 

Assistant Engineer, 2 at $2,250 4,500 00 

Assistant Engineer, 8 at $1,800 14,4(X) 00 

Engineer-Inspector, 9 at $1,800 10.200 00 

Transitman, 4 at $1.800 7,200 00 

Transitman, 2 at $1.500 3.000 00 

Topfigraphical Draftsman 1,650 00 

Topographical Draftsman, 2 at $1,500 3,a»0 00 

Leveler L500 00 

Rodman, 4 at $1.050 4,200 00 

Axeman, 5 at $900 4,500 00 

Axeman 960 00 

Axeman 720 00 

Chemist 2.700 00 

Chemist's Assistant l-^<^*0 ^0 

lunior Chemist, 2 at $1,260 2,520 00 

Laboratory Assistant, 2 at $900 L800 00 



Scptcmhcr 29. ivlo. 5374 

Inspector of Regulating, Grading and Paving 1,800 00 

inspector, 4 at ^i,m). 7,200 00 

Inspector, 6 at ;t;l,500 9,000 00 

Inspector, 25 at $1,200 30,000 00 

Llerk 1,800 00 

elerk, 2 at $1.500 3,000 00 

Clerk, 3 at $1,200 3,600 00 

Clerk 960 00 

Clerk, 2 at $900 1,800 00 

Clerk, 4 at $360 1,440 00 

Clerk 300 00 

Stenographer and Typewriter 1,320 00 

Typewriting Copyist 960 00 

Typewriting Copyist 750 00 

Messenger 1,050 00 

Auto Engineman, 2 at $1.200 2,400 00 

Auto Engineman, 4 at $900 3,600 00 

Balance unassigned 90 00 

Schedule total $173,600 00 

Tax Levy Allowance $80,580 00 

Corporate Stock Allowance 48,000 00 

Special Corporate Stock (Assessment) Allowance 25,020 00 

Special and Trust Fund Allowance 20,000 00 

Total allowance $175,600 00 

Roadzi'ays, Viaducts and Streets. 
555TCS Tax Levy, Corporate Stock, Special Corporate Stock (Assess- 
ment) and Special Trust Fund Force- 
Clerk, 2 at $1,800 $3,600 00 

Clerk L320 00 

Clerk, 4 at $1,050 4.200 00 

Clerk 90O (K) 

Clerk. 2 at $540 1,080 00 

Clerk 300 00 

Stenographer and Typewriter 960 00 

Typewriting Copyist, 2 at $1,050 2,100 00 

Inspector, 2 at $1,500 3.000 (K) 

Superintendent, Asphalt Plant 3,000 00 

General Foreman, 3 at $2,100 6,300 00 

Driver 750 00 

Balance unassigned 300 00 

Schedule Total $27,810 00 

Tax Levy Allowance $19,276 00 

C'orporate Stock Allowance 600 00 

Special Corporate Stock (Assessment) Allowance 130 00 

Special and Trust Fund Allowance 7.804 00 

Total Allowance $27,810 00 

Which was adopted by the following vote : 

Affirmative — The Alayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Hoard of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 

President, Borough of Richmond — Modification of Schedule (Cal. No. 17). 

The Secretary presented a communication dated September 14. 1916, from the 
President of the Borough of Richmond rc(|uesting modil'ication of schedule for 1916; 
and the following report nf tlic Committee on Salaries and Grades recommending 
approval thereof: 

September 23, 1916. 
To the Board of ]isti>iiate and Af^t^ortiouincHt : 

Gentlemen— On September 14, 1916, the PRESIDENT OF THE BOROUGH OF 
RICHMOND requested a modification of Code Xo. 770 for 1916. The Bureau of 
Standards reports thereon as follows: 



5375 September 29. 1916. 

"Purpose — (, I ) To increase the allowance for Foreman at $3.50 per day by 
tile addition of 30 days, and for Laborer at $i.50 per day by 240 days. 

"(2) To change line Laborer at $2.50 per day to Sewer Cleaner at the same 
rate. 

"Reason — In order to provide for reconstructing a highway culvert on Rich- 
mond Turnpike. 

"(2) To correct an error made by the Department in a recent request. 
"I'inding — (1--) The request is proper and reasonable. Funds are obtained 
from revenue bond issue authorized bv the Board of Estimate and Apportionment 
on June 2, 1916." 

Recommendation — In view of the a])ove report the Committee recommends that 
the schedule l)e modified as requested. Rcspectfullv, 

VVM. .\. PRFN'l)RRt;.\ST, Comptroller; JOHN PURROY MITCHEL, Mayor; 
LEVViS II. POUNDS, President, Borough of Brooklyn; Committee on Salaries and 
(irades. 

The following resolution was offered : 

Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment hereby approves of 
the schedule, as revised, for the office of the President of the Borough of Richmond 
for the year 1916, as follows : 



Care of Sewers — 
770TR Cleaning and Repairing — 

Foreman at $3.50 per day (30 days) 

Laborer at $2.25 per day (303 days) 

Laborer at $2.50 per day (240 days) 

Bricklayer at $6 per day (20 days ) 

Sewer Cleaner at $2.50 per day (303 days) 



Paid from 


Paid from 




Tax Levy 


Special 




Appro- 


Revenue 


Total. 


priation. 


Bonds. 






$105 00 


$105 00 


$757 50 




757 50 




600 66 


600 00 


iio 66 




120 00 


681 75 




681 75 



Totals $1.559 25 $705 00 $2.264 25 

W liich was adopted by the following vote: 

.MTirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the .-\cting President of the Borough of Manhattan and the Presidents of the 
i'oroughs of i'.rooklyn. The Bronx. Queens and Richmond — 16. 



Commission on Pensions — Modification of Schedule (Cal. No. 18). 

The Secretary presented a communication dated Septeml)er 5, 1916. from the 
Commission on Pensions requesting modification of scheclule for 1916; and the fol- 
lowing rei)ort of the Committee on Salaries and Grades recommending approval 
thereof : 

September 19, 1916. 
To fhc Board of Ilstiinalc and .■if)ort{oitiitciit: 

Gentlemen— On September 5, 1916. the COMMISSION ON PENSIONS requested 
modification of Code No. 34 for 1916. The Bureau of Standards reports thereon as 
follows : 

"Purpose— To increase the allowance for Stenographer and Typewriter at 
$75 per month by 3 1-3 months, and the allowance for Draftsman at $125 per 
month bv one month, the funds to be provided by reducing the allowance for 
Clerk at $75 per month by two months, and the allowance for Clerk Card Indexer, 
at $75 per month, by three months. 

"Reason — The adju.«tment is requested in order to retain emi)loyees in the 
service until November 1. 1916, in accordance with the understanding arrived 
at with the Board of Estimate and Apportionment when the last appropriation 
for the Commission was made out of the Board's contingency account. 

"Finding — This modification will enable the Commission to use the money 
still availaliie in the old account. 

"The request involves only an adjustment within the schedule, and is proper." 
Recommendation — In view of the foregoing, the Committee recommends that the 
request be granted bv the adoption of the attached resolution. Respectfidiv, 

WM. A. PRENDERGAST, Comptroller; JOHN PURROY MITCHEL, Mayor; 
LEWIS S. POUNDS. President. Borough of Brooklyn. Committee on Salaries and 
Grades. 



Scpten-.her 29, 1916. 5376 

The followins? resolution was offered : 

Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment hereby approves of 

the schedule, as revised, for the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, for the year 

1916, as follows : 

Personal Service, Salaries, Temporary Employees. 
34 Pension Commission — 

Actuary at $300 per month (6 months) $1,8(XJ CO 

Pension Expert, at $300 per month (5 months) 1.800 00 

Municipal Examiner, at $150 per month (6 months) 900 (X) 

Actuarial Clerk, at $125 per month (6 months) 750 00 

Actuarial Clerk, at $87.50 per month (6 months) 525 00 

Draftsman, at $125 per month (16 months) 2,000 00 

Clerk, at $100 per month (3'4 months) 325 00 

Clerk, at $87.50 per month (6 months) 52o 00 

Stenographer and Typewriter at $75 per month (13 months) 975 00 

Clerk, at $75 per month ( 16 months) 1,200 00 

Clerk Card Indexer, at $75 per month (3 months) 225 00 

Clerk Card Indexer, at $60 per month (6 months) 360 00 

Tabulating Machine Operator, at $75 per month (6 months) 450 00 

Tabulating Machine Operator, at $50 per month (24 months) 1,200 00 

Clerk, at $50 per month ( 18 months) 900 00 

Clerk, at $25 per month (6 months) 150 00 

Schedule Total $14,085 00 

Which was adopted by the following vote : 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Alanhattan and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 

Department of Parks, Borough of Brooklyn — Modification of Schedule (Cal. 

No. 19). 

The Secretary presented a communication, dated September 11, 1916, from the 
Commissioner of Parks, Borough of Brooklyn, requesting modification of schedule for 
1916; and the following report of the Committee on Salaries and Grades recommending 
approval thereof : 

September 19, 1916. 
To the Board of Estimate and Apportionment: 

Gentlemen— On September 11, 1916, the COMMISSIONER OF PARKS, 
BROOKLYN, requested a modification of Code 1290 for 1916. The Bureau of Stand- 
ards reports thereon as follows : 

"Purpose — To increase the line items : Wheelwright at $4 per day by 135 
days. Blacksmith at $4.50 per day by 110 days, and decrease the line items: 
Housesmith at $5 per day by 67 days. Auto Engineman at $3.50 per day by 200 
days. 

"Reason — To allow for repairs to certain Trucks, Wagons, Sprinklers and 
other department c(iuipment as well as tools and playground apparatus, so the 
same can be placed in good working order. 

"Finding — The request is proper and necessary." 
Recommendation — In view of the above report, the Committee recommends that 
the request be granted by the adoption of the attached resolution. Respectfully, 

WM. A. PRENUERGAST, Comptroller; JOHN PURROY MITCHEL, Mayor; 
LEWIS H. POUNDS. President, Borough of Brooklyn; Committee oh Salaries and 
Grades. 

The following resolution was offered : 

Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment hereby approves of 
the schedule, as revised, for the Department of Parks, Borough of Brooklyn, for the 
year 1916, as follows : 

Wages, Temporary Employees — 
1290 Care of Parks and Boulevards, Baths and Comfort Stations — 

Steam Roller Engineer, at $5 per day (300 days) $1,500 00 

Pruner and Climber, at $2.75 per day (1,800 days) 4,950 00 

Pruner and Climber, at $2.50 per dav (4,980 days) 12,450 00 

Bricklayer, at $6 per day (200 days) 1,200 00 

Mason, at $5 per day (900 days) 4,500 00 

Carpenter, at $5 per dav (2,700 days) 13,500 00 

Painter, at $4 per day (2,300 days) 9,200 GO 



5377 September 29, 1916. 

Housesmith, at $5 per day (493 days) 2,465 00 

Wheelwright, at $4 per day (735 days) 2,940 00 

Plumber, at $5.50 per day (1,000 days) 5,500 00 

Tinsmith, at $5 per day (270 days) 1,350 00 

Electrician, at §4.80 per dav (270 days) 1,296 00 

Letterer, at $4.50 per day (300 days) 1,350 00 

Harnessmaker, at $4 per day (270 days) 1,080 00 

Blacksmith, at $4.50 per day (710 davs) 3,195 00 

Blacksmith's Helper, at $3.50 per day (600 days) 2,100 00 

Electrician's Helper, at $3 per day (300 days) 900 00 

Machinist's Helper, at $3.50 per day (300 days) 1,050 00 

Plumber's Helper, at $3 per day (900 days) 2,700 00 

Toolman, at $4 per day (300 days) 1,200 00 

Horseshoer, at $4.50 per day (270 days) 1,215 00 

Gardener, at $2.50 per day (3,700 davs) 9,250 00 

Auto Engineman, at $3.50 per day (600 days) 2.100 00 

Driver, at $2.50 per day (6,000 days) 15.000 00 

Attendant, at $2 per day ( 12,830 days) 25,660 00 

Cleaner, at $2 per day (1,000 days) 2,0{X) 00 

Laborer, at $3 per day ( 100 days) 300 00 

Laborer, at $2.50 per day (82,938 days) 207,345 00 

Schedule Total $337,296 00 

Which was adopted by the following vote : 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, The I'ronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 

Department of Health — Authority to Fill Vacancy and Modification of Schedule 

(Cal. No. 20). 

The Secretary presented a communication, dated September 5, 1916, from the Sec- 
retary of the Department of Health requesting authority to hll vacant position of 
Medical Clerk, and modification of schedule ; and the following report of the Com- 
mittee on Salaries and Grades recommending approval thereof : 

September 14, 1916. 
To the Board of llstimalc and Apportionment: , 

Gentlemen— On September 5, 1916, the DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH re- 
quested permission to fill a vacancy and to modify Code No. 1823. Tlie Bureau of 
Standards reports thereon as follows : 

"Purpose — (1) .-V position of Medical Clerk at $1,380 per annum is dropped, 

and a position at $1,140 is added, $240 to be placed in balance unassigned. 

"Reason — (1) Henrietta Carr, M. D., is granted an indefinite leave of ab- 
sence, without pay. and it is proposed to fill the position by appointment from 

the Civil Service eliyil)le list. 

"Finding — (H The request is proper and necessary." 

Recummendati m — In view of the above report, the Committee recommends tliat 
the request be granted liy the adoption of tlie attached resolutions. Respect full v, 

WM. A. PKENDERGAST. Comptroller; JOHN PURROY MITCHEL. Mayor; 
LEWIS H. POUNDS, President, Borough of Brooklyn, Committee on Salaries and 
Grades. 

The following resolution was offered : 

Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, pursuant to the terms 
and conditions of Resolution "Second (c)" accompanying the Budget for the year 
1916. hereby authorizes tlie Commissioner of Health to t'dl the vacant position of 
Medical Clerk, existing at $1,380 per annum, in Code No. 1823, at the rate of $1,140 
per annum, the minimum of the grade. 

Wiiich was adopted by the following vote; 

.\ttirmative — The Mayor, the Com|)trollcr. the President of the P>oard of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Riciimond — lo. 

Tiie following resolution was offered ; 

Resolved, That tiie Board of Estimate and .Apportionment hereby approves of 
the schedule, as revised, for the Department of Health for the year 1916, effective 
as of September 1, 1916, as follows; 



Scptemlicr 29, 1916. 5378 

Personal Scrince, Salaries, Regular Employees. 
1823 \ital Statistics- 
Registrar of Records $5,030 00 

Assistant Registrar of Records, 5 at $3,000 15,000 00 

Medical Clerk. 2 at $1,380 2,7o0 00 

Medical Clerk 1,200 00 

Medical Clerk, 3 at $1,140 3,420 00 

Tabular 1,8.0 00 

Clerk. 4 at $1,800 7,200 00 

Clerk 1.500 00 

Clerk, 3 at $1,200 3,600 00 

Clerk 1,020 00 

Clerk 903 00 

Clerk 840 00 

C:ierk 750 00 

Clerk 600 00 

Clerk. 8 at $540 4.320 00 

Clerk. 3 at $300 900 00 

Stenographer and Typewriter, 2 at $900 1,800 00 

Typewriting Copyist, 2 at $840 1.6?0 00 

Typewriting Copyist. 2 at $780 1,560 00 

Typewriting Copyist 660 CO 

Bookbinder. 2 at $1.200 2,400 00 

Bookbinder's Seamstress 750 00 

Photographer 900 00 

Lal)orer 900 00 

Laborer "80 00 

Balance Unassigned 750 00 

Schedule Total $63,050 00 

Whicli was adopted by the following vote: 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borougli of Manhattan and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Riclimond — 16. 



Department of Education — Compensation of Janitors in Public Schools (Cal. 

No. 21). 

The Secretary presented a resolution adopted August 9, 1916, by the Board 
of Education requesting establislimcnt of rates of compensation for Janitors in Public 
Schools, in the Boroughs of Manhattan, The I^ronx and Queens; and the following 
report of the Committee on Salaries and Grades recommending approval thereof : 

September 16, 1916. 
To the Board of Estimate and Apporiionment : 

Gentlemen — On August 9, 1916, the Board of Education requested establish- 
ment pursuant to the provisions of section 56 of the Greater New York Charter 
of rates of compensation for the janitors of puldic schools 29, Manhattan; 48, 54 
and 55, The Bronx ; 97, Queens. In connection therewith we report as follows : 

For the following four new school buildings which are to be ready for occu- 
pancy this month, rates of compensation for janitorial service are proposed as indi- 
cated : 

Proposed 

Compensation 

Per Annum. 

Public School 48. The Bronx $4,438 00 

Public School 54. The Bronx 4,752 00 

Public School. 55, The Bronx 4.728 00 

Public School 97, Queens 2.964 00 

For public school 29, Manhattan, where a vacancy exists in the position of 
janitor, it is proposed to reduce the janitorial compensation from $1,968 per annum, 
to $1,836. 

With the exception of public school 48. The Bronx, the foregoing rates are based 
upon actual surveys made by the Efficiency Staff of the Commissioner of Accounts 
of the schools in question in accordance with resolution adopted by the Board of 
Education on May 5. 1916. which reads as follows: 

"Resolved, That the Board of Education hereby approves of the establish- 
ment of new rates of compensation based on the surveys made by the Efficiency 



5379 September 29. 1916. 

Staff of the Commissioner of Accounts of all new buildings and in all buildings 

in which vacancies occur after said surveys have been approved by the Com- 
mittee on Care of Buildings." 

In the case of public school 48, The Bronx, the Committee on Care of Buildings. 
Board of Education, added $70 to the rate recommended by the Efficiency Staff 
which adjustment was accepted by the said Staff. 

Your committee approves of the proposed rates of compensation, and recommends 
the adoption of the attached resolution granting the request. Respectfullv. 

W.M. A. PREXDERGAST. Comptroller; JOHN PURROY MITCHEL, Mayor; 
LEWIS H. POUNDS. President. Borough of Brooklyn; Committee on Salaries 
and Grades. 

The following resolution was offered : 

Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, pursuant to the 
provisions of section 56 of the Greater New York Charter, hereby recommends to the 
Board of Aldermen the establishment of rates of compensation for Janitors in the 
Department of Education, in addition to those heretofore established in accordance 
with the foregoing lists : 

Janitor, Public School 29, Manhattan, per annum $1,836 00 

Janitor, Public School 48. The Bronx, per annum 4,438 00 

Janitor, Public School 54. The Bronx, per annum 4.752 00 

Janitor, Public School 55, The Bronx, per annum 4.728 00 

Janitor, Public School 97, Queens, per annum 2,964 00 

Which was adopted by the following vote : 

.\ffirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the Acting President of the Borough 
of Manhattan and the Presidents of the Boroughs of Brooklyn, Tlic Bronx, Queens 
and Richmond — 13. 

Negative — The President of the Board of Aldermen — 3. 



Board of Elections — Transfer of Appropriation and Modification of Schedules 

(Cal. No. 22). 

The Secretary presented a communication dated September 18. 1916, from the 
Secretary of the Board of Elections requesting modification of schedules involving a 
transfer of funds within the appropriation for 1916; and the following report of the 
Committee on Salaries and Grades recommending approval thereof: 

September 25, 1916. 
To the Board of Estimate and Apf'ortioumcnt : 

Gentlemen— On September 18. 1916. the BOARD OF ELECTIONS requested 
modification of two temporary wage schedules for 1916. The Bureau of Standards 
reports thereon as follows : 

"Purpose — To transfer the sum of $1,200 from Code '178, For Election 

Officers,' to Code '176, For Entering Nominations and Canvassing Primary 

Elections." 

"Reason — To provide funds for the employment of additional temporary clerks 

to make a prompt and complete canvass of the vote of the different offices in 

the last primary election for the purpose of making up the ballots required for 

the troojjs at the border in the next general election. 

"Finding — Under the provisions of article 15 of the Election Law. the 

Board of Elections is required to carry out the proposed work. It is estimated 

that the sum of $1,200 will be necessary to cover the cost." 

Recommendation — In view of the above report, the Commmittee recommends 
that the reduest be uranted bv the adoption of the attached resolutions. 

Respectfullv. \VM. A. PRENDERGAST, Comptroller; JOHN PURROY MIT- 
CHEL. Mayor; LEWIS H. POUNDS, President, Borough of Brooklyn; Committee 
on Salaries and Grades. 

The following resolution was offered : 

Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and .\i)portionment, pursuant to the pro- 
visions of section 237 of the Greater New York Charter, hereby approves of the 
transfer of funds appropriated to the Board of Elections for the year 1916. as follows: 

FROM 

Personal Service, Wanes, Tevif'orary Emploxees. 
178 For Election Officers ! .' $1,200 00 

TO 

Personal Service, Wages, Temporary Employees. 
176 For entering nominations and canvassing primary elections $1,200 00 



September 29. 1916. 5380 

Which was adopted by the following vote : 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 

The following resolution was offered : 

Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment hereby approves of the 
schedules, as revised, for the Board of Elections for the year 1916, as follows : 
Personal Service, IVagcs, Temporary Employees. 

176 For entering nominations and canvassing primary elections $7,200 00 

178 For election of ticers $736,800 00 

Which was adopted by the following vote: 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 



Armory Board — Modification of Schedule (Cal. No. 23). 

The Secretary presented a communication dated Scptcml)cr 11, 1916, from the 
Secretary of the Armory Board requesting modification of schedule for 1916; and 
the following report of the Committee on Salaries and Grades recommending ap- 
proval thereof : 

September 16, 1916. 
To the Board of Estimate and Apportionment: 

Gentlemen — On Septemlier 11, 1916, the Secretary of the Armory Board re- 
quested modification of Code No. 1750^4C for 1916. The liurcau of Standards re- 
ports thereon as follows : 

"Purpose — -To provide an additional sum of $802.50 for the employment of 
three watchmen at $2.50 per day for 107 days each from September 15th to the 
end of the year. 

"Reason — On May 12, 1916, the Board of Estimate and Apportionment ap- 
proved of a schedule providing for three watchmen to safeguard City property 
contained in the new Eighth Coast Defense Armory which has been accepted 
from the contractors by the City. To date the building has not been ready for 
occupancy and it will be necessary tcy continue the services of the men for 
the remainder of the year. 

"Finding — The request is proper. Corporate stock is available in 'CAB2B — 
Erection and Completion of new Eighth Coast Defense Armory' to which the 
code may be charged. 

"Recommendation — In view of the above repcirt the Committee recommends 
that the request be granted by the adoption of the attached resolution. 
Respectfully, WM. A. PRENDERGAST, Comptroller; JOHN PURROY 
MITCHEL, Mayor; LEWIS H. POUNDS, President, Borough of Brooklyn, 
Committee on Salaries and Grades. 

The following resolution was offered : 

Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment hereby approves of 
the schedule, as revised, for the Armory Board for the year 1916, as follows : 
Personal Service, Wages Temporary Employees, Erection and Completion 8th Coast 

Ariillcrv District Armorv. 
1750J^C Corporate Stock Force— Watchman, 3 at $2.50 per day (279 

days each) $2,092 50 



Corporate Stc/ck Allowance $2,092 50 

Which was adopted by the following vote : 

Affirmative — ^The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Manliattan and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 



From the Department of Finance. 

Department of Finance — Transfer of Appropriation (Cal. No. 24). 

The Secretary presented a communication dated September 23, 1916, from the 
Department of Finance requesting a transfer of funds within the appropriation for 
1916; and the following report of the Comptroller recommending approval thereof: 

September 26, 1916. 
To the Board of Esfiniate and Apportionment : 

vientlemen — On Septeml)er 26, 1916. you referred to the Bureau o? Contract 
Supervision a communication from the Department of Finance dated September 22), 



5381 September 29, 1916. 

1916, requesting transfers aggregating $5,103.74 within the appropriations made to 
that department for the year 1916. 

The Bureau of Contract Supervision reports thereon as follows: 
"The proposed transfers are: 

FROM 

92 Purchase of Equipment $2,000 00 

Contract or Open Order Seriicc, Transportation. 
95 Hire of Automobiles 3,103 74 



Total $5,103 74 



TO 

91 Supplies $2,046 56 

Contract or Open Order Serziee. 

93 General Repairs 185 47 

99 General Plant Service 2,r>71 71 



Total $5,103 74 

"An examination of the books of the Department of Finance shows un- 
encumbered balances in the several accounts, as of September 26, 1916 as follows : 

91 Suplies $146 45 

92 Equipment 2,556 70 

93 General Repairs 239 97 

95 Hire of Automobiles 3,103 74 

99 General Plant Service 44 81 

"Code 91 — Additional funds are required on account of the expenditure of 

$2,000 for postage for mailing assessment bills by the Bureau of Collection of 

Assessments and Arrears, in addition to the normal postage requirements of 

the department. 

"Code 93 — .\dditional funds are required on account of the increased cost 

of maintenance of the Addressograph Machines in the Central Payroll Division, 

incidental to additional work. 

"Code 99 — Funds are needed to provide for the rental of tho Signograph 

Machines used in the office of the City Paymaster. 

"There are sufficient excess balances available in the accounts to be debited 

to permit the transfers," 

I recommend the adoption of the attached resolution granting the request, 
which adoption will require unanimous consent, the transfer from "Hire of .\uto- 
mobiles" being to other than Transportation accounts. 

Respectfully. \VM. A. PRENDERGAST, C'lmptroller. 

The following resolution was offered : 

Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and .Apportionment, pursuant tc* the pro- 
visions of section 237 of the Greater Xew York Charter, iiereby approves of the 
transfer of funds appropriated to the Department of Finance for the year 1916, as 
fallows : 

FROM 

92 Purcha.se of Equipment $2,000 00 

Contract or Open Order Seriicc, Transportation. 
95 Hire of .Xutomobiles 3,103 74 



$5,103 74 



TO 

91 Supplies $2,046 56 

Lontraet or Open Order Serzncc. 

93 General Repairs 185 47 

99 (ieneral Plant Service 2.871 71 



$5,103 74 



Which was adopted by the following vote : 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, tlic President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the .Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn. The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 



Septemljcr 29. 1916. 5382 

Department of Water Supply, (ias and Electricity — Transfer of Appropriation 
and Modification of Schedule (Cal. No. 23). 

The Secretary presented a communication dated September 20, 1916, from the 
Deputy and Acting Commissioner of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity, request- 
ing a transfer of funds within tlic appropriation for 1916; and the following report 
of the Comptroller, recommending approval thereof and modification of schedule: 

September 25, 1916. 
To the Board of Estiiinitc and Apportionment: 

Gentlemen — On September 20, 1916 the Deputy and Acting Commissioner of 
Water Supply, Gas and Electricity requested transfers aggregating $830 within the 
appropriations made to his department for the year 1916. 

The Bureau of Contract Supervision to which this request was referred on 
September 22, 1916, reports thereon as follows : 
"The requested transfers are: 

FROM 

2283TW Storage of Motor Vehicles $350 00 

General Plant Serznce. 
2299 Illumination, Power and Heat Control 400 00 

Motor Vehicle Reprnrs. 
2303 Illumination, Power and Heat Control 80 00 

TO 

Motor Vehicle Siippiles. 

2218 IlUimination, Power and Heat Control 80 00 

Office Equipment. 

2229 llkmiination, Power and Heat Control 500 00 

Motor Vehicles and Equipment. 

2234 Illumination, Power and Heat Control 100 00 

General Plant Equipment. 

2238 Illumination, Power and Heat Control 150 00 

Accounts Nos. 2218, 2234 and 2238 are practically exhausted and the small 
credit transfers are necessary to provide for expenditures during the balance of 
the year. Account 2229 — Office Equipment for which $700 was allowed showed 
an unencumbered balance of $123.33 on September 22, 1916. The additional allow- 
ance of $500 is to provide for the purchase of filing boxes for the Division of Electri- 
cal Inspection and filing cabinets for the Division of Street and Park Lighting in 
the several boroughs. It is proposed to discontinue the present system of filing 
by street names and numbers, papers relating to applications and permits, which 
accumulate at the rate of 250,000 papers per year, and file the same in cheap but 
durable transfer cases which will take up less room and reduce the necessity of 
purchasing additional vertical steel files. The proposed method of filing is both 
efficient and economical in money and floor space. Ample funds are available 
in the accounts to be debited for the proposed transfers." 

I recommend the adoption of the attached resolutions, one granting the request 
and the other modifying a schedule affected. Respectfully, 

WM. A. PRENDERGAST, Comptroller. 
The following resolution was offered : 

Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, pursuant to the pro- 
visions of section 237 of the Greater New York Charter, hereby approves of the 
transfer of funds appropriated to the Department of Water Supply, Gas and Elec- 
tricity fc/r the year 1916, as follows : 

FROM 

Contract or Open Order Service, Transportation. 
2283TW Storage of Motor Vehicles- 
Illumination, Power and Heat Control $350 00 

General Plant Sen ice. 

2299 Illumination, Power and Meat Control 400 00 

Motor Vehicle Repairs. 
2303 Illumination, Power and Heat Control 80 00 



$830 00 



TO 

Supplies, Motor Vehicle Supplies. 

2218 Illumination, Power and Heat Control $80 Co 

Purchase of Equipment, Office Equipment. 
2229 Illumination, Power and Heat Control 500 00 



53S3 September 29, 1916. 

Purchase of Equipment, Motor reliielcs and Hquifnicnt. 

2234 Illumination. Power and Heat Control lOO 00 

Purchase of liquipmcnt, General Plant Equipment. 
2238 Illumination. Power and Heat Control 150 00 



$830 00 

Which was adopted by the following vote : 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 

The following resolution was offered : 

Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment hereby approves of 
the schedule, as revised, for the Department of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity 
for the year 1916, as follows : 

Contract or Open Order Seri'ice, Transportation. 
2283TW Storage of Motor Vehicles — 

Administration $60 00 

Water Supply 210 00 

Illumination, Power and Heat Control 1,150 00 

Schedule Total $1,420 00 

Tax Levy Allowance $1,270 00 

Water Revenue Allowance 150 00 

Which w-as adopted by the following vote : 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 



Police Department — Transfer of Appropriation and Modification of Schedule 

(Cal. No. 26). 

The Secretary presented a communication dated September 18, 1916, from the 
Police Commissioner, requesting a transfer of $4,000 within the appropriation for 
1916; and the following report of the Comptroller recommending approval thereof 
to the extent of $3,200 and modification of schedule : 

September 25, 1916. 
To the Board of Estimate and Apportionment : 

Gentlemen — On September 18, 1916, the Police Commissioner requested transfer 
of funds within appropriations to his department for the year 1916. 

The Bureau of Contract Supervision to which this request was referred reports 
thereon as follows : 

"It is proposed to transfer the sum of $4,000 from salary accruals in Code 
1600, Salaries, Regular Employees, Administration, to Code 1617, Office Equip- 
ment. 

"The Police Commissioner, on July 28. 1916, requested the Board of Aldermen 
to recommend an issue of $4,000 in special revenue bonds for the purchase of 
certain equipment. It was suggested to the Police Commissioner that rather than 
provide the necessary funds by the issue of special revenue bonds that a request 
be made to your board to transfer available salary accruals for this purpose." 
The request is based ui»nii items, as follows : 

Estimated 
Cost. 
Filing case for criminal records — 

350 new drawers $875 00 

Reconstructing old case 250 00 

Filing case for fingerprint records — 

Eight units of 72 drawers each 1,500 00 

Index cabinet for 3 by 5 cards — 11 units 550 00 

One steel standing desk 2(X) 00 

^[oving, reerecting and reconstructing old cases 225 00 

Total $3,600 00 

"The number of records on file in the detective bureau is increasing at the 
rate of approximately 5.(XX) per month. The large increase was not anticipated 
when the budget for the year 1916 was prepared, and is due to responses to the 



Scr-Unibcr 29. 1916. 5384 

request sent out early in the year to the police departments of all large cities 
in the United States and Europe, to forward to the New York Police Depart- 
ment copies of all finger print records in their possession. 

"This has resulted in making the criminal records of the New York Police 
Department the best in the United States and they will soon become the most 
important in the world. It has been possible through these finger print records 
to identify and return to various parts of this country and to Europe persons 
wanted at these distant places. 

"The new steel equipment will insure the safety of these records and the 
additional equipment requested will provide fding capacity for the records, approxi- 
mately 40,0(X) of which are now stored in the vaults of the Police Department 
without proper facilities for filing and which are therefore difficult of access. 

"The proposed rearrangement of the existing cases together with the installa- 
tion of the new equipment will provide a more satisfactory and accessible system 
for the records of the Detective Bureau. 

"The criminal records are filed numerically in steel cases having drawers 
11 1-16 inches wide, 6 inches high and 24 inches deep. New sections to contain 
350 drawers are necessary. These will be of the same design as the existing 
cases. The estimated cost, $875, is reasonable. 

"The finger print records are at present filed flat in wood drawers, according 
to the classification of the prints. It is proposed to install steel cases containing 
8 units of 72 special drawers each, a total of 576 drawers. The cases are designed 
to have roller curtains in front. Owing to the excessive cost of maintenance 
on these roller curtains as well as their high initial cost it is recommended that 
these cases be provided with sliding fronts which can be raised up out of the 
way during the times that the cases are in use. Eight units of cases of this 
character are estimated to cost $1,200. 

"Eleven additional new card index cabinets, each containing eleven two- 
compartment drawers for cards 3 by 5 inches are required. The estimated cost 
of $350 for these cabinets is reasonable. 

"One steel standing desk is requested for this room, to be used in classifying 
the finger print records. A double wood desk will answer all the purposes of a 
steel desk and is estimated to cost $100. 

"All the existing cases are to be moved and relocated to provide a more effi- 
cient arrangement of the various units. The existing cases will require new ends 
and reconstruction to conform to the new locations. The estimated cost of $475 
for this reconstruction is reasonable. 

"Following is a summary of the items recommended by this Bureau together 
with the estimated costs : 

350 drawers for criminal records $875 00 

8 units for finger print records 1,200 00 

1 1 card index drawers 550 00 

Standing desk 100 00 

Reconstructing, altering and relocating existing cases 475 00 

Total amt)unt rcfiuired $3,200 00" 

I recommend the adoption of the attached resolution granting the request to the 
extent of $3,200 which requires the unanimous consent of the Board. 

Respectfully. W'M. A. PRENDERGAST, Comptroller. 

The following resolution was offered: 

Resolved, Tliat the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, pursuant to the pro- 
visions of section 237 of the Greater New York Charter, hereby approves of the 
transfer of funds appropriated to the Police Department for the year 1916, as 
follows : 

KROM 

Personal Service, Salaries, Regular Employees. 
1600 Administration $3,200 00 

TO 

Purchase of Equipment. 
1617 Office Equipment $3,200 00 

Which was adopted by the following vote : 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Manliattan and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 



5385 September 29. 1916. 

The fullowing resolution was ofifered: 

Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment hereby approves 
total of schedule of Police Department for the year 1916, as follows: 
Personal Service, Salaries, Regular Employees. 

1600 Administration $212,461 00 

Less Salary Accruals Transferred to Code 1617 $3,200 00 

Less Salary Accruals Transferred to Code 2669 1,000 00 

Total , 4,200 00 



$208,261 00 

Which was adopted by the following vote : 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 

Department of Licenses — Transfer of Appropriation and Modification of Sched^ 

ule (Cal. No. 27). 

The Secretary picscntcd a communication dated September 13, 1916, from the 
Commissioner of Licenses requesting a transfer of funds within the appropriation 
for 1916; and the following report of the Deputy and Acting Comptroller recommend- 
ing approval thereof and modification of schedule : 

September 20, 1916. 
To the Board of Esliinate and Apportionment: 

Gentlemen — On September 13, 1916, the Commissioner of Licenses requested trans- 
fer within appropriations to his department for the year 1916. 

The Ikireau of Contract Supervision, to which this request was referred on Sep- 
tember 15, 1916, reports thereon as follows: 

"It is proposed to transfer $1,850 from Personal Service, Salaries, Regular 
Employees, Code No. 260. Administration, and $1,150 from Code Xo. 261, Inspec- 
tion. Of this total amount $1,287 is to go to Code No. 263, Office Supplies; $1,385 
to Code No. 264, General Plant Supplies; $44 to Code No. 268, General Plant 
Equipment; $268 to Code No. 269A, General Repairs, General; and $16 to Code 
No. 271. General Plant Service. 

"The accounts to be credited, with the facts in each case, are as follows : 

"Code Xo. 263 — This account is exhausted. Transfer is necessary in order to 
provide for the payment of postage, water, towel supply, ice and small stationery 
supplies during the remainder of the year. The increased expenditures on account 
of pcistage due t,> the sending of circular letters to moving picture houses, in the 
form of [general orders not to produce certain films or, as in the case of the 
paralysis plague last summer, not to allow children to enter the houses. Transfer, 
however, in the sum of $1,050 appears to be sufficient. 

"Code No. 264 — This account is exhausted, due to certain expenses which were 
not anticipated at the time of the preparation of the budget. An ordinance, which 
became effective in .Xpril of this year, in relation to the annual license fee to be 
charged to ped<llers and junk cart men. made it desiral)le that a new form of badge 
be adopted, to wliich in part the depletion of the account is due. The use of the 
new form of badge has made more certain the collection of increased revenue, 
r.ills outstanding for various badges, junk cart plates, public cart motor plates, and 
hardware supplies amount to $1,275. and it is estimated that other needs of the 
department for the remainder of the year will retpiire the balance of the transfer, 
$1 10. 

"Code No. 268 — This account is exhausted. Transfer is necessary to provide 
for tiie issuance of orders for new sign posts and new signs for the posts, which 
are necessary. 

"Code No. 2(f)A — Tliis account is exhausted. Transfer is to provide for the 
issuance of an order for the repair of sign posts and for whitewashing the prem- 
ises occupied by the Division of Licensed Vehicles. 

"Code No. 27\ — This arcotmt is exhausted. Transfer is necessary to provide 
for the pavment of a bill for cleaning windows of the premises occupied by the 
Division of Licensed Vehicles. 

"h appears that transfers in the amount of $2,763 will be sufficient. Transfer 
in this reduced amount has been agreed to by the department. 

"Sufficient balances remain in accounts Nos. 260 and 261 to permit of the 
debit transfers." 



September 29, 1916. 5386 

1 recommend tlie adoption of the attached resolutions, one of which grants the 
request to the extent of $J,763, the other modities a schedule involved. The adoption 
of these resolutions requires the unanimous consent of your Board. 

Respectfully, ALliERT E. HAULOCK, Deputy and Acting Comptroller. 

The following resolution was offered : 

Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, pursuant to the pro- 
visions of section 237 of the Greater New York Charter, hereby approves transfer 
of funds appropriated to the Department of Licenses for the year 1916, as follows : 

FROM 

Personal Service, Salaries, Regular Employees. 

260 Administration $1,613 00 

261 Inspection 1,150 00 

$2,763 00 

TO 

263 Office Supplies $1,050 00 

264 General Plant Supplies 1,385 00 

268 General Plant Equipment 44 00 

269A General Repairs (General) 268 00 

271 General Plant Service 16 00 

$2,763 00 

Which was adopted by the following vote : 

Aft'irmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 

The following resolution was offered : 

Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment hereby approves of 
the schedule, as revised, for the Department of Licenses, for the year 1916, as 
follows : 

269 General Repairs — 

General $718 00 

Repairs to Taxicab Testing Apparatus 90 00 

$808 00 

Which was adopted by the following vote: 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs oi Brooklyn, Tlie Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 



Department of Parks, Borough of Brooklvn — Transfer of Appropriation and 
Modification of Schedule (Cal. No. 28). 

The Secretary presented a communication dated September 11, 1916, from the 
Commissioner of Parks, Borough of Brooklyn, requesting a transfer of funds w'ithin 
the appropriation for 1916; and the following report of the Comptroller recommend- 
ing approval thereof and modification of schedule: 

September 26, 1916. 
To the Board of Estimate and Apportionment : 

'jentlemen — On September 11, 1916. the Commissioner of Parks, Borough of 
Brooklyn, requested transfer within the appropriations made to his department for 
the year 1916, as follows : 

FROM 

Personal Service, Wages, Temporar\ Emploxees. 
1290 Care of Parks and Boulevards, Baths and Comfort Stations $1,500 00 

TO 

Supplies. 
1300 General Plant Supplies $300 00 

Materials. 

1309 Building Materials 700 00 

131 1 General Plant Materials 500 00 

$1,500 00 



5387 September 29, 1916. 

The Bureau of Contract Supervision, to wliich the request was referred on Sep- 
tember 2, 1916, reports thereon as follows : 

"The proposed transfers to accounts 1309 and 1311 are necessary for the 
following reasons : 

"The accounts are practically exhausted and the department has a number 
of small repair jobs, such as the painting of fences, repairing basins, roofs, walks 
and plumbing repairs in comfort stations, which should be done. 

"The department has a considerable amount of mechanical labor still avail- 
able for this year, and this mechanical force cannot be worked to advantage unless 
material is purchased. 

"The department has no account in which there is an excess balance to 
transfer to the material accounts, and it seems proper that a portion of the ex- 
cess of mechanics' time so converted into materials for the remaining portion 
to work with. 

"The proposed transfer to account 1300 is to provide funds for the purchase 
of kerosene, toilet paper and cotton waste to the amount of about $345. 

"The necessity for these supplies arises from the fact tTiat the unit prices of 
all supplies have exceeded the prices on which the budget estimate was based and 
to the great increase in consumption of the above mentioned supplies over pre- 
vious years. 

"There is an unencumbered balance in this account of $42.37. and the re- 
quested amount is therefore necessary. 

"As there are no balances available for transfer from other than personal 
service accounts, and the Commissioner states that the amount can be spared 
from account 1290 it seems preferable to make this transfer rather than issue 
special revenue bonds. 

"The transfer is to be made from three lines, as follows 

Carpenter. 220 days at $5 per day $1,100 00 

Painter, 50 davs at $4 per day 200 00 

Housesmith, 40 days at $5 per day 200 00 

$1,500 00 
"The transfer requires the unanimous consent of the Board." 

I recommend the adoption of the attached resolutions granting the request and 
modifying the schedule involved. 

Respectfully, WM. A. PRENDERGAST. Comptroller. 

The following resolution was offered ; 

Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and .\pportionment, pursuant to the pro- 
visions of section 237 of the Greater New York Charter, hereby approves of the 
transfer of funds appropriated to the Department of Parks, Borough of Brooklyn, 
for the year 1916, as follows : 

FR0>r 

Personal Service, Wages, Tcinporarx Einploxees. 
1290 Care of Parks and Boulevards, Baths and Comfort Stations $1,500 00 

TO 

Supplies. 
1300 General Plant Supplies $300 00 

Materials. 

1309 Building Materials 700 CJ 

131 1 General Plant .Materials 500 00 



$1,500 00 

Which was adopted by the following vote : 

.\ffirmative — The Mayf)r, the Ci)mptrnllcr. the President of the I'.oard of Alder- 
men, the .\cting President of the Borough of Manhattan and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 

The following resolution was offered; 

Resolved. That the Boprd of Estimate and Apportionment hereby approves of the 
schedule, as revised, for the Department of Parks, Borough of Brooklyn, for the 
year 1916. as follows : 

Personal Service. IVnges, Temporary Employees. 
1290 Care of Pnrks and Boulevards. Baths and Comfort Stations — 

Steam Roller Kncineer. .-it <:5 per dav (.300 days') $1.500 00 

Primer and Climber, at $2.75 per day (ISOO davs) 4.9.^0 00 

Pruner and Climber, at $2.50 per day (4.980 days) 12,450 00 



Scptcml)cr 29, 1916. 5388 

Bricklayer, at $6 per day (200 days) 1,200 00 

Mason, at $5 per day (900 days) 4,500 00 

Carpenter, at $5 per dav (2,480 days) 12,403 00 

Painter, at $4 per day (2,250 days) 9,000 00 

Housesmith, at $5 per day (453 days) 2,265 00 

Wheelwright, at $4 per day (735 days) 2,940 00 

Plumber, at $5.50 per dav (1.000 days) 5.500 GO 

Tinsmith, at $5 per day (270 days) 1,350 00 

Electrician, at $480 per dav (270 days) 1,296 00 

Letterer, at $4.50 per day ( 30O davs ) 1.350 OO 

Harnessmaker, at $4 per dav (270 days) 1,080 00 

Blacksmith, at $4.50 per day (710 days) 3,195 00 

Blacksmith's Helper, at $3.50 per day (600 days) 2.100 03 

Electrician's Helper, at $3 per dav (300 days) 900 00 

Machinist's Helper, at $3.50 per day (300 days) 1,050 OO 

Plumber's Helper, at $3 per day (900 days) 2,700 00 

Toolman. at $4 per dav (300 davs) 1.200 00 

Horseshoer. at $4.50 per dav (270 days) 1,215 00 

Gardener, at $2.50 per day (3,700 davs) 9,250 00 

Auto Ens;ineman, at $3.50 per dav (600 days) 2,100 00 

Driver, at $2.50 per dav (6,000 davs) 15.000 00 

.Attendant, at $2 per dav ( 12.830 davs) 25.660 00 

Cleaner, at $2 per day (1.000 davs) 2,000 00 

Laborer, at $3 per dav (100 davs) 300 00 

Laborer, at $2.50 per day (82,938 days) 207,345 00 

Schedule Total $335,796 00 

Which was adopted by the following vote : 

.Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs c/f Brooklyn. The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 

Department of Parks, Borough of Brooklyn — Transfer of Appropriation (Cal. 

No. 29). 

The Secretary presented a communication dated September 11, 1916, from the 
Commissioner of Parks. Borough of Brooklyn, requesting a transfer of funds within 
the appropriation for 1916; and the following report of the Comptroller recommending 
approval thereof: 

September 23, 1916. 
To the Board of Estimate and Al^portionntcnt: 

Gentlemen — On September 11. 1916, the Commissioner of Parks, Borough of 
Brooklvn, requested transfer within the appropriations to his department for the 
year 1916, as follows : 

FROM 

Purchase of Equipment. 
1304 Motor Vehicles and Equipment $450 00 

TO 

Purchase of Equipment. 
1306 General Plant Equipment $450 00 

The Bureau of Contract Supervision, to which the request was referred on 
September 12. 1916, reports thereon as follows : 

"The Commissioner states that the department has need of small equipment 

as follows ; brooms, shovels, rakes, road pans, lanterns, padlocks, pails, hose 

and rope. 

".An examination of the stores record as to the quantity of this equipment 

which is on hand, indicates that the transfer is necessarj'. The unencumbered 

balance in Code 1306. General Plant Equipment is $5. 

"There is sufficient miencumbered excess balance in Code 1304 to admit of 

the transfer being made, rmd the Commissioner states that the amount which it 

is proposed to transfer will not be needed this year." 

T recommend the adoption of the attached resolution granting the request. 

Respectfully. WM. A. PRENDERGAST, Comptroller. 

The following resolution was offered : 

Resolved. Thnt the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, pursuant to the 
provisions of section 237 of the Greater New York Charter, hereby approves of the 
transfer of funds appropriated to the Department of Parks, Borough of Brooklyn, 
for the year 1916, as follows : 



5389 SeptemI)or 29. 1910. 

FROM 

Purchase of Equipment. 
1304 Motor \'eliicles and Equipment $450 00 

TO 

Purchase of Equipmcut. 
1306 General Plant Equipment $450 00 

Wliicii was af'ontcci hy the following vote: 

Affirmative— The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond— 16. 



Law Department; College of The City of New York- Transfer of Appro- 
priation and Modification of Schedule (Cal. No. 30). 

(On April 7, 1910 (Lai. \o. 94), a communication from the Board of Trustees, 
College of the City of New York, containing estimate of the amount required for 
maintenance and operation of stadium for 1916, 1917 and 1918, was referred to the 
Coinmittec on Tax Budget.) 

The Secretary presented the following report of the Comptroller: 

September 26, 1916. 
To the Board of Estimate and Apfyortiomncnt : 

Gentlemen— On May 12. 1916, the Tru.stees of the College of The City of New 
York made a request on the Board of Aldermen for $17,367.34 in special revenue 
bonds to provide for the estimated cost of equipment and maintenance of the 
College Stadium during the present year. This request is still pending in the Board 
of Aldermen. 

As certain salary accruals are now available for the requested purpose, an issue 
of special revenue bonds is unnecessary, and the Trustees have verbally requested 
that the necessary funds be provided by the Board of Estimate and .\pportioinnent 
through the transfer of accruals in salary accounts. 

The several amounts required from October 1st to December 31st. 1916. based 
upon an investigation made by the Bureau of Contract Supervision and the Bureau 
of Standards, are in detail, as follows: 

"A. Permanent AUcratious and Equi/^ment. 
"1. Portable Screen, $750. This screen is to be erected inside of the ex- 
isting iron fence surrounding the field, from one end of the stadium building 
to the other. The screen is necessary on occasions when admi;sinn is to be 
charged to the events held on the field. 

"2. Excavation under end of Stadium, $3,000. There is no place available 
to store the field and game apparatus used on the field. It is proposed to excavate 
space under one end of the stadium and construct retaining walls on the two 
interior sides. To provide storage space l)y any other method will !)e more 
costly. An additional building, if erected, would have to conform to the archi- 
tectural features of the stadium and would reduce the field area which is none 
too large. 

"3. , Office Equipment, two offices at $350 each, $700. This equinment is 
necessary to furnish and equip the office to be occupied by the additional in- 
structors and clerical help herein recommended. 

"4. Property room equipment, $500. This is necessary to provide --.helving, 
racks and cases for the storage and care of the game apparatus for which there 
is now no provision. 

"5. Storeroom equipment, $300. This is necessary to provide shelving and 
cases for the storage of the field apparatus which is to be cared for in this 
storeroom. 

"6. Heatina, $500. In the stadium there are several rooms for storage -m I 
oflFices, four of which contain nlumhing fixtures, such as toilets and shower 
baths. No heat has been provided for these rooms. Tt is necessary that bent 
be provided in order to permit use of the<:e rooms during the cold weather, and 
to protect the plumbinir fixtures from freezing. An installation of gasteam 
radiators is proposed. This is the cheapest installation that will give adequate 
service. 

"7. Eield Benches. $.300. These boncbe« arc to be provided for the use of 
the large number of contestants on the field while awaiting their turn in the 
different events. No facilities have been provided for this purpose. 

"8. Stadium roof and loHiv equit'ment. $1,500. Tp order to permit the use 
of the stadium for practice durinc times when the field cannot be used, owing 
to weather conditions, it is necessary to provide cages in the covered lobby 



Soptemhcr 29, 1916. 5390 

and on the roof of the stadium. The officials of the College deem it essential 
that the athletes should have daily practice throughout the year. 

"9. Entrance from Hygiene Buildings to field, %2,332. On June 4, 1915, 
the Board of Estimate and Apportionment adopted a resolution closing West 13Sth 
street from Amsterdam to Convent Avenues. This was approved by the Mayor 
on June 5, 1915. The chief argument advanced in favor of this closing was that 
it would provide a direct entrance to the stadium from the Hygiene Building, on 
college property. This entrance would then be under direct control of <he col- 
lege authorities. 

"It is proposed to construct an entrance doorway with steps leading from the 
corridor of this building to the street level, and fences on each side of the 
passageway across the street, thus providing a direct entrance to the stadium, 
with the control necessary, so that only contestants or those having business on the 
field would be permitted to enter this way. Owing to this construcion, no addi- 
tional help will be required to care for this entrance. As at present, one addi- 
tional man will be required when the field is in use. This work will also pro- 
vide an additional exit from the hygiene building in case of fire. There is at 
present only one exit from the building. 

"10. IVire partitions in nnderground passageu'ay which connects all the 
College buildings, $200. This partition is required to form a locker room to 
contain the lockers which will be used by field contestants. There is at present 
no available room for these lockers. The partition to be erected is necessary to 
permit of proper control of those using the lockers. 

"11. Nciv filter and pump, $1,500. The filters at present in use are of in- 
sufficient capacity to meet the increased demand for bathing facilities which will 
ensue when the new field is used. The present filters take 50 hours to filter 
water required to fill the swimming pool. With the additional filter and circu- 
lating pump requested, it will be possible to reduce this time to 20 hours. The 
water can, in addition, be kept circulating through the filter at other times in 
order to maintain its clarity. This is necessary as a safeguard for the lives 
of the bathers using the pool. One life has been lost here owing to the muddi- 
ness of the water preventing the instructor from seeing the unconscious bather 
at the bottom of the pool in time to save his life. 

"12. Alterations in Hygiene Building, $1,060. The use of the stadium and 
field will require that additional space be provided for the medical examination 
of the contestants and for the keeping of records of the individuals examined. 
It is proposed to provide the necessary additional space by enlarging the present 
medical examination room in the Hygiene Building by adding the space occu- 
pied by the laboratory adjoining and removing the Laboratory to the present 
shower bath room. This will also provide space for the record file cases which 
are now in the hallway. The shower baths will be transferred to the room 
formerly used as a shower bath room, but which is now used as a storage room 
and office, the shower bath, partitions having been left as originally installed. 
A large room on the first floor will be divided into three small offices for use 
of the gymnasium instructors. Those rearrangements will provide the necessary 
facilities at a very reasonable cost. 

"Total for permanent alterations and equipment, $12,642. 
(5) For Operation and Maintenance During the Remainder of the Year 1916. 

"Except Item 4, the recommendations under this heading are made by ihe 
Bureau of Standards. 

"1. Activities — 
One Instructor at $1,700 per annum, allowed for from Octolier 1 to 

end of year, 3 months $425 OQ 

Five .Assistant Instructors at $1,000 per annum, allowed for from Oc- 
tober 1 to end of year, 3 months 1,250 00 

Total $1.675 00 

"2. Clerical Help, $390— 
One Stenographer and Typewriter at $720 per annum allowed for 

from October 1 to end of year. 3 months $180 00 

One Clerk at $840 per annum, allowed for from October 1 to end of 
year, 3 months 210 00 

Total $390 00 

"3. Labor. $1,252— 
Two Cleaners at $2 per day, except Sundays, equal to 313 days, at $4 $1,252 00 



5391 September 29, 1916. 

"It is recommended that this be allowed for the full year of 1916, in order to 
pay the wages of tlie two Cleaners who were laid off last year but were continued 
on the payroll for the current year to care for the stadium, and paid for out 
of private funds. 

"In schedule Xo. 1027 a vacant position of Clerk at $300, in the Department of 
Hygiene, is dropped, with consent of the President. 

"4. Maintcnaucc, $400. It is recommended tiiat the sum of $400 be allowed 
for maintenance for the remainder of the year 1916. This amount will 
be required for the purchase of the initial equipment necessary for the care 
of the field, such as wheelbarrows, shovels, rakes, lawn mower, hose and other, 
implements, office equipment, stationery and supplies, and items of repairs to 
roofs, plumbing, concrete and other work. 
Total for maintenance and operation during the remainder of the year 

1916 $3,717 00 

"Su)ii<}}iary of amounts recommended: 

For alterations and equipment $12,642 00 

For maintenance and operation in 1916 3,717 00 

Total $16,359 00 

"Of the $16,359 required, $500 is available in accrued salary balances of 
appropriations for the City College. The Corporation Counsel has consented to 
the release of the $15,859 balance from salary accruals in his department." 
I recommend the adoption of the attached resolutions, one granting the request 
and the other modifying the schedules affected. 

Respectfully, WM. A. PRENDERG.\ST, Comptroller. 

The Comptroller offered the following resolution partly carrying into effect the 
recommendations in the report : 

Resolved, That tiie Board of Estimate and Apportionment, pursuant to the pro- 
visions of section 237 of the Greater New York Charier, hereby approves of the 
transfer of funds appropriated for the year 1916, as follows : 

FROM 

Law Department. 
Personal Sendee. 
120 Salaries Regular Employees (Tax Levy Force) $8,550 00 

TO 

The College of The City of Neic York. 
Purchase of Equipment. 

1040 General Plant Equipment $3,850 00 

Contract or Open Order Serz'ice. 
1042 General Repairs 4,700 00 

$8,550 00 

Which was adopted by the following vote: 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borougli of Manhattan and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 

The following resolutioti was then offered : 

Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment hereby approves of 
the schedules, as revised, for the College of The City of New York for the year 
1916, as follows : 

Purchase of Pquiptnettt. 
1040 General Plant Equipment — 

General ;••••■. $1.^89 lO 

Equipment in connection with College Stadium, including installa- 
tion 3,850 00 

Total $5,239 16 

Contract or Open Order Service. 
1042 General Repairs — 

General $1 1.4S0 00 

Permanent Alterations in connection with College Stadium 4,700 00 

Total $16,180 00 



Scptt'inhcr 29. 1916. 5392 

Which was arlnptcd by the following vote: 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 

The further transfer of appropriation and modification of schedules recommended 
in the report were laid over one week (October 6, 1916). 



Department of Education — Acquisition of Site for School Purposes, Borough 

of Brooklyn (Cal. No. 31). 

(The report of the Chief En.ninccr of the Board, under Rule 35, in relation 
to this site, appears in the minutes of the Board for the meeting of July 21, 1916 
(Cal. No. 196.) 

The Secretary presented the following report of the Comptroller: 

September 26, 1916. 
To the Honorable the Board of Estimate and Apportio)inu-nt : 

Gentlemen — At a meeting of your Board held May 19, 1916, a resolution was 
adopted, pursuant to the provisions of section 169 of the Greater New York Charter, 
authorizing an issue of bonds of The City of New York to an amount not exceeding 
$1,121,000 to provide means for the acquisition of school sites in the various Bor- 
oughs of The City of New York, among which was included a site in the vicinity 
of Skillman Avenue, Conselyea and Humboldt Streets, in the Borough of Brooklyn. 
At a meeting of the Board of Education held June 14, 1916, a resolution was 
adopted selecting as a site for school purposes, five lots on Humboldt and Conselyea 
Streets and Skillman Avenue, adjoining Public School 23. 

With one exception, the owners are asking, in my judgment, an excessive price 

for these premises, and I am of the opinion that the interest of the City would be 

best served by acquiring the remaining properties through condemnation proceedings. 

I therefore respectfully recommend that your Board approve of the selection 

of the following described premises for use of the Department of Education: 

All those certain lots, pieces or parcels of land, with the buildings and 
improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough of Brook- 
lyn, City of New York, bounded and described as follows : 

Parcel No. 1. 
Beginning at a point formed by the intersection of the westerly line of 
Humboldt Street with the southerly line of Skillman Avenue, and running thence 
westerly along the southerly line of .Skillman Avenue 100 feet to the easterly 
line of the lands of Public School 23; thence southerly along the easterly line 
of the lands of Public School 23, 25 feet to the northerly line of said lands of 
Public School 23 ; thence easterly along the northerly line of said lands of Public 
School 23, 100 feet to the westerly line of Humboldt Street; thence northerly 
along the westerly line of Humboldt Street 25 feet to the southerly line of 
Skillman Avenue, the point or place of beginning, be the said several dimensions 
more or less, said premises being known as Lot. No. 22, in Block 2755, Section 9, 
of the tax maps of the Borough of Brooklyn. 

Parcel No. 2. 
Beginning at a point on the southerly line of .Skillman Avenue, distant 175 
feet westerly from the westerly line of HumlK)ldt Street; running thence south- 
erly along the westerly line of the lands of Public School 23, 100 feet; thence 
westerly and parallel with Skillman Avenue 25 feet ; tlience northerly and 
parallel with Humlioldt Street 100 feet to the southerly line of Skillman Ave- 
nue; thence easterly along the southerly line of Skillman Avenue 25 feet to 
the westerly line of the lands of Public School 23, the point or place of begin- 
ning, he the said several dimensions more or less ; said premises being known as 
Lot No. 30, in Block 2755, Section 9, of the tax map of the Borough of 
Brooklyn. 

Parcel No. 3. 
Beginning at a point on the northerly line of Conselyea street, distant 200 
feet westerly from the westerly line of Humboldt Street, and running thence 
northerly along the westerly line of the lands of Public School 23, 100 feet; 
thence westerly and parallel with Conselyea Street 25 feet ; thence again northerly 
and parallel with Humboldt Street 40 feet : thence again westerly and parallel 
with Conselyea Street 25 feet : thence southerly and parallel with Humboldt 
Street 40 feet; thence again westerly and parallel with Conselyea Street 25 
feet; thence again southerly and parallel with Humboldt Street 100 feet to 



5393 September 29. 1916. 

the northerly iine of Consclyea Street; thence easterly along the northerly line 
of Conselyea Street 75 feet to the westerly line of the lands of Public School 
23, the point or place of beginning, be the said several dimensions more or less; 
the said premises being known as Lots Nos. 35, 36 and il, in Ulock 2755. Sec- 
tion 9, of the tax maps of the Borough of Brooklyn. 
— and authorize the Comptroller to enter into a contract for the acquisition of that 
portion of Parcel No. 3 which is more particularly described as follows: 

All that certain lot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improve- 
ments thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough of Brooklyn, 
City and State of New York, bounded and described as follows: 

Beginning at a point on the northerly line of Conselyea Street, distant 200 
feet westerly from the westerly line of Humboldt Street and running thence 
northerly along the westerly line of the lands of Public School 23, 100 feet; 
thence westerly and parallel with Conselyea Street 25 feet; thence again northerly 
and parallel with Huml)oldt Street 40 feet; thence again westerly and parallel 
with Conselyea Street 25 feet; thence southerly and parallel with Humboldt 
Street 140 feet to the northerly line of Conselyea Street; thence easterly along 
the northerly line of Conselyea Street 50 feet to the point or place of beginning; 
— at private sale at a price not exceeding $8,100, it being understood and agreed 
that the City will take the premises subject to any taxes and assessments that be- 
come liens on and after October 30, 1916. and that The City of New York will 
permit the occupancy of these premises by the owner, free of any rental charge 
until December 31, 1916, and permit them to remove, at their own expense, the 
boiler in the cellar, as well as the radiators, the chandelier in the parlor and the 
range in the kitchen ; said contracts to be submitted to the Corporation for his 
approval as to form. 

I further recommend that your Board adopt a resolution authorizing the Cor- 
poration Counsel to institute condemnation proceedings for the acquisition of the 
premises above described as Parcel No. 1 and Parcel No. 2. and that portion of 
Parcel No. 3, more particularly described as follows : 

Beginning at a point on the northerly line of Conselyea Street, distant 
250 feet westerly from the westerly line of Humboldt Street, and running thence 
northerly and "parallel with Humboldt Street 100 feet; thence westerly and 
parallel with Conselyea Street 25 feet; thence southerly and parallel with Hum- 
boldt Street 100 feet to the northerly line of Conselyea Street; thence easterly 
along the northerly side of Conselyea Street 25 feet to the point or place of be- 
ginning, 
—title to vest in The City of New York one day after the entry of the order of the 
Court granting the application of The City of New York to condemn said property. 

The assessed valuations of the properties recommended to be acquired through 
condemnation proceedings, are shown on the books of record on fde in the Depart- 
ment of Taxes and Assessments, as $9,450. Respectfully, 

WM. A. PRENDERG.\ST, Comptroller. 

The following resolution was offered : 

Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, in pursuance of the 
provisions of section 1433 of the Greater New York Charter, as amended, hereby 
approves of the selection by the Board of Education of the following property, located 
on Huml)oldt and Consclyea Streets and Skillman Avenue, adjoining Public School li. 
Borough of Brooklyn, as a site for school purposes, bounded and described as fol- 

.\11 those certain lots, pieces or parcels of land, with the buildings and improve- 
ments thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough of Brooklyn, City 
of New York, bounded and described as follows : 

Parcel No. 1. 

Beginning at a point formed by the intersection of the westerly line of Hum- 
boldt Street with the southerlv line of Skillman .Avenue, and running thence 
westerly along the southerlv line of Skillman .\veiuie 100 feet to the easterly line 
of the "lands of Public School 23: thence southerly along the easterly line of the 
lands of Public School 23. 25 feet to the northerly line of said lands of Public 
School 23: thence easterly along the northerly line of said lands of Public 
School 23,' 100 feet to the westerly line of Humboldt Street; thence northerly 
along the westerly line of Humboldt Street 25 feet to the southerly line of Skill- 
man Avenue, the point or place of beginning, be the said several^ dimensions 
more or less, said premises being known as Lot No. 22 in Block 2755. Section 9, 
of the tax maps of the Borough of Brooklyn. 



Septcmher 29, 1916. 5394 

Parcel No. 2. 
Beginning at a point on the southerly line of SkiUman Avenue, distant 175 
feet westerly from the westerly line of Humboldt Street; running thence south- 
erly along the westerly line of the lands of Public School 23, ILK) feet ; thence 
westerly and parallel with Skillman Avenue 25 feet; thence northerly and parallel 
with Humboldt Street 100 feet to the southerly line of Skillman Avenue ; thence 
easterly along the southerly line of Skillman Avenue 25 feet to the westerly line 
of the lands of Public School 23, the point or place of beginnmg, be the said 
several dimensions more or less; said premises being known as Lot No. 30 in 
Block 2755, Section 9, of the tax maps of the Borough of Brooklyn. 

Parcel No. 3. 
Beginning at a point on the northerly line of Conselyea Street, distant 250 
feet westerly from the westerly line of Humboldt Street, and running thence 
northerly and parallel with Humboldt Street 100 feet ; thence westerly and 
parallel with Conselyea Street 25 feet ; thence southerly and parallel with Hum- 
boldt Street 100 feet to the northerly line of Conselyea Street; thence easterly 
along the northerly side of Conselyea Street 25 feet to the point or place of 
beginning. 
— the assessed valuation of said properties, as shown on the books of record on file 
in the Department of Taxes and Assessments as nine thousand four hundred and fifty 
dollars ($9,450), and authorizes and directs the Corporation Counsel to institute con- 
demnation proceedings for the acquisition of the same, by making application to the 
Supreme Court of the State of New York to have the compensation which is to be 
made to the owners of or persons interested in the real property to be acquired, ascer- 
tained and determined by the Supreme Court without a jury; and it is further 

Resolved, That the compensation to be made to the owners of said real property 
so to be acquired shall be ascertained and determined by the Supreme Court without 
a jury; and it is further 

Resolved, That title to said property is to vest in The City of New York upon 
the day after the entry and filing of the order of the Supreme Court granting the 
application to condemn said property, as authorized by section 1435 of the Greater 
New York Charter, as amended ; and it is further 

Resolved, That nothing contained in this resolution shall be construed as pre- 
venting the Comptroller of The City of New York from entering into a contract for 
the purchase of said property at private sale, subject to the approval of the Board 
of Estimate and Apportionment. 

Which was adopted by the following vote: 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Manliattan and the Presidents of 
the Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 

The matter of acquiring portion of site by orivate sale was laid over one week 
(October 6, 1916). 

Department of Education — Acquisition of Site for School Purposes, Borough 

of Brooklyn (Cal. No. 32). 

(The report of the Chief Engineer of the Board, under Rule 35, in relation to this 
property, appears in the minutes of the Board for the meeting of July 27, 1916 (Cal. 
No. 196).) 

The Secretary presented the following report of the Comptroller: 

September 23, 1916. 
To the Honorable the Board of Estimate and Apportionment: 

Gentlemen — At a meeting of your Board held May 19, 1916, a resolution was 
adopted, pursuant to the provisions of section 169 of the Greater New York Charter, 
authorizing an issue of bonds of The City of New York to an amount not exceeding 
$1,121,000 to provide means for the acquisition of school sites in the various Boroughs 
of The City of New York, among which was included a site in the vicinity of Driggs 
Avenue and North Fifth Street, in the Borough of Brooklyn. 

At a meeting of the Board of Education held June 14, 1916. a resolution was 
adopted selecting as a site for school purposes a plot of ground 50 feet in width by 
95 feet in depth on Driggs Avenue adoining Public School 110. 

The owners are asking, in my judgment, an excessive price for this property and 
I am of the opinion tliat the interest of the City would be best served by acquiring 
the same through condemnation proceedings. 

I therefore respectfully recommend that your Board approve of the selection of 
the following described premises for use of the Department of Education: 



5395 September 29, 1916. 

All that certain lot, piece or parcel of land situate, lying and being in the 
Borough of Brooklyn, City of New York, bounded and described as follows: 

Beginning at a point formed by tlie intersection of the northerly line of 

Driggs avenue with the easterly line of the lands of Public School 110, which point 

is distant 100 feet easterly from the easterly line of Monitor Street, and ruiniing 

thence northerly along the easterly line of the lands of Public School 110, 95 feet, 

thence easterly and parallel with Driggs Avenue 50 feet, thence southerly and 

parallel with Kingsland Avenue 95 feet to the northerly line of Driggs Avenue, 

thence westerly along the northerly line of Driggs Avenue 50 feet to the easterly 

line of the lands of Public School 110, the point or place of beginning, be the said 

several dimensions more or less ; said premises being known as Lots Nos. 42 and 

43 in Block 2688, Section 9, of the tax maps of the Borough of Brooklyn. 

— the assessed valuation of which, as shown on the books of record on file in the 

Department of Taxes and Assessments, is $11,800; and authorize the Corporation 

Counsel to institute condemnation proceedings for the acquisition of the same, title 

to vest in The City of New York one day after the entry of the order of the Court 

granting application of The City of New York to condemn said property. 

Respectfully, WM. A. PRENDERGAST, Comptroller. 

The following resolution was offered : 

Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, in pursuance of the 
provisions of section 1433 of the Greater New York Charter, as amended, hereby 
approves of the selection by the Board of Education of the following property, located 
on Driggs Avenue adjoining Public School 110, Borough of Brooklyn, as a site for 
sihool purposes, bounded and described as follows : 

All that certain lot, piece or parcel of land situate, lying and being in the 
Borough of Brooklyn, City of New York, bounded and described as follows: 

Beginning at a point formed by the intersection of the northerly line of 
Driggs Avenue with the easterly line of the lands of Public School 110. which 
point is distant 100 feet easterly form the easterly line of Monitor Street, and 
running thence northerly along the easterly line of the lands of Public School 
110. 95 feet, thence easterly and parallel with Driggs Avenue 50 feet, thence 
southerly and parallel with Kingsland Avenue 95 feet to the northerly line of 
Driggs Avenue, thence westerly along the northerly line of Driggs Avenue 50 
feet to the easterly line of the lands of Public School 110, the point or place of 
beginning, be the said several dimensions more or less ; said premises being 
known as Lots Nos. 42 and 43, in Block 2688, Section 9 of the tax maps of the 
Borough of Brooklyn, 
— the assessed valuation of which, as shown on the books of record on file in the 
Department of Taxes and Assessments, is eleven thousand eight hunrlred dollars 
($11,800), and authorizes and directs the Corporation Counsel to institute condemna- 
tion proceedings for the acquisition of the same, by making apiilication to the 
Supreme Court of vhe State of New York, to have the compensation which is to 
be made to the owners of or persons interested in the real property to be acquired, 
ascertained and determined by the Supreme Court without a jury; and. it is further 
Resolved, That the compensation to be made to the owners of said real property 
so to be acquired shall be ascertained and determined by the Supreme Court without 
a jury: and it is further 

Resolved, That title to said property is to vest in The City of New ^'ork upon 
the day after the entry and filing of the order of the Supreme Court granting the 
application to condemn said property, as authorized by section 1435 of the Greater 
New York Charter, as amended : an<l it is further 

Resolved. That nothing contained in this resolution shall be construed as pre- 
venting the Comptroller of The Citv of New York from entering into a contract for 
the purchase of said property at private sale, subject to the approval of the Board of 
Estimate and Apportionment. 

Which was adopted by the following vote: 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of .Mdermen, 
the .\cting President of the Borough of Manhattan and the Presidents of the Boroughs 
of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 



Department of Education — Acquisition of Site for School Purposes, Borough 
of The Bronx (Cal. No. 33). 

(The report of the Chief l-jiginecr of the Board under Kulc 35 in relation to the 
above site appears in the minutes of the Board for the meeting of July 27, 1916 (Cal. 
No. 196).) 



September 29, 1916. 5396 

The Secretary presented the following report of the Comptroller: 

September 25, 1916. 
To the Honorable the Board of Estimate and Apportionment: 

Gentlemen— At a meeting of your Board held May 19, 1916, a resolution was 
adopted, pursuant to the provisions of section l69 of the Greater New York Charter, 
authorizing an issue of bonds of The City of New York to an amount not exceeding 
$1,121,(X>0 to provide means for the acquisition of school sites in the various Boroughs 
of The City of New York, among which was included a site in the vicinity of 189th 
Street, Hoffman Street and Lorillard Place, in the Borough of The Bronx. 

At a meeting of the Board of Education held June 14, 1916, a resolution was 
adopted selecting as a site for school purposes certain lands and premises on the north- 
erly side of East 189th Street running from Bathgate Avenue to Lorillard Place, having 
a frontage on East 189th Street of approximately 18iJ feet with a depth along Loril- 
lard Place of approximately 115 feet and a depth on Bathgate Avenue of 115 teet. 

The owners are asking, in my judgment, an excessive price for this property, and 
I am of the opinion that the interest of the City would be best served by acquiring the 
same through condemnation proceedings. 

I therefore respectfully recommend that your Board approve of the selection of 
the following described premises for use of the Department of Education: 

All that certain lot, piece or parcel of land situate, lying and being in the Bor 
ough of The Bronx, City of New York, bounded and described as follows: 

Beginning at a point formed by the intersection of the easterly line of I'ath- 

gate Avenue with the northerly line of East 189th Street, and running thence 

northerly along the easterly line of Bathgate Avenue to the northerly line of Lot 

No. 48, thence easterly along the northerly line of Lot No. 48, 180.04 feet to 

westerly line of Lorillard Place, thence southerly along the westerly line of 

Lorillard Place 115.03 feet to the northerly line of East 189th Street; thence 

westerly along the northerly line of East 189th Street 180.04 feet to the easterly 

line of Bathgate Avenue, the point or place of beginning, be the said several 

dimensions more or less; said premises being known as Lots 48 and 51 in Block 

3059, Section 11 of the tax maps of the Borough of The Bronx. 

— the assessed valuation of which, as shown on the books of record on file in the 

Department of Taxes and Assessments is $26,000; and authorize the Corporation 

Counsel to institute condemnation proceedings for the acquisition of the same, title 

to vest in The City of New York one day after the entry of the order of the Court 

granting application of The City of New York to condemn said property. 

Respectfully, W.M. A. PRENDERGAST, Comptroller. 

The following resolution was offered : 

Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, in pursuance of the 
provisions of section 1433 of the Greater New York Charter, as amended, hereby 
approves of the selection by the Board of Education of the following property, located 
on East 189th Street, Bathgate Avenue and Lorillard Place, in the Borough of The 
Bronx, as a site for school purposes, bounded and described as follows : 

All that certain lot. piece or parcel of land situate, lying and being in the 

Borough of The Bronx, City of New York, bounded and described as follows: 

Beginning at a point formed by the intersection of the easterly line of l>ath- 

gate Avenue with the northerly line of East 189th Street and running thence 

northerly along the easterly line of Bathgate Avenue to the northerly line of 

Lot No.' 48; thence easterly along the northerly line of Lot No. 48 — 180.04 feet 

to westerly line of Lorillard Place; thence southerly along the westerly line 

of Lorillard Place 115.03 feet to the northerly line of East 189th Street; thence 

westerly along the northerly line of East 189th Street 180.04 feet to the easterly 

line of Bathgate .Avenue, the point or place of beginning, be the said several 

dimensions more or less ; said premises being known as Lots 48 and 51 in Block 

3059, Section 11 of the tax maps of the Borough of The Bronx, 

— the assessed valuation of which, as shown on the books of record on file in the 

Department of Taxes and Assessments is twenty-six thousand dollars ($26,000), and 

authorizes and directs the Corporation Cotmsel to institute condemnation proceedings 

for the accpiisition of the same by making application to the Supreme Court of the 

State of New York to have the compensation which is to be made to the owners of 

or persons interested in the real property to be acquired, ascertained and determined 

by the Supreme Court without a jury; and it is further 

Resolved, That the compensation to be made to the o'wners of said real property 
so to be acquired shall be ascertained and determined by the Supreme Court without 
a jury; and it is further 



5397 September 29. 1916. 

Resolved, That title to said property is to vest in The City of New York upon 
the day after the entry and filing of the order of the Supreme Court granting the 
application to condemn said property, as authorized by section 1435 of the Greater 
New York Charter, as amended; and it is further 

Resolved. That nothing contained in this resolution shall be construed as prevent- 
ing the Comptroller of The City of New York from entering into a contract for the 
purchase of said property at private sale, subject to the approval of the Board of 
Estimate and Apportionment. 

Which was adopted by the following vote : 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 



Department of Education — Acquisition of Site for School Purposes, Borough 

of Brooklyn (Cal. No. 34). 

The Secretary presented the following report of the Comptroller: 

September 26, 1916. 
To the Honorable the Board of Estimate and Apportionment: 

Gentlemen — At a meeting of your Board held May 19, 1916, a resolution was 
adopted, pursuant to the provisions of section 169 of the Greater New York Charter, 
authorizing an issue of bonds of The City of New York to an amount not exceed- 
ing $1,121,000, to provide means for the acquisition of school sites in the various 
Boroughs of The City of New York, among which was included a site in the vicinity 
of Osborn and Watkins Streets, near Sutter Avenue, in the Borough of Brooklyn. 

At a meeting of the Board of Education held August 9, 1916, a resolution was 
adopted selecting as a site for school purposes certain lands and premises on the 
northerly line of Blake Avenue, extending from That ford Avenue to Osborn Street, 
the size of the plot being 75 feet in width by 200 feet in depth. 

The premises are in two ownerships. After negotiations by the Comptroller, the 
premises on the Thatford Avenue front may be secured for the sum of $8,500, the 
original asking price having been $10,000. The owner of the Sutter Avenue front 
refuses to dispose of his holdings at a less figure than $10,000, which I deem to be 
excessive, and am recommending the acquisition thereof through condemnation pro- 
ceedings. 

I, therefore, respectfully recommend that your Board approve of the selection 
of the following described premises for use of the Department of Education: 

All that certain lot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improve- 
ments thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough of Brooklyn, City 
and State of New York, bounded and described as follows : 

Beginning at a point formed by the intersection of the northerly line of 
Blake Avenue with the easterly line of Thatford Avenue; running thence north- 
erly along the easterly line of Thatford Avenue 75 feet; thence easterly and 
parallel with Blake Avenue 200 feet to the westerly line of Osborn Street; thence 
southerly along the westerly line of Osborn Street 75 feet to the northerly line 
of Blake Avenue; thence westerly along the northerly line of Blake Avenue 200 
feet to the easterly line of Thatford Aveiuie. the point or place of beginning, 
be the said several dimensions more or less; said premises being known as Ix>ts 
1. 2. 3, 39. 40 and 41. in Block 3545. Section 12, on the Tax Maps of the Borough 
of Brooklyn; 
— and authorize the Comptroller to enter into contract for the acquisition of the fol- 
lowing described premises at private sale at a price not exceeding $8,500: 

All that certain lot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improve- 
ments thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough of Brooklyn, 
County of Kings. City and State of New York, known and distinguished on a 
certain map entitled "Map of Gilbert S. Thatford. made by Joseph L. J. Smith. 
June 26th. 1W)7. and filed in the office of the Register of Kings Countv on Julv 
20th. 1867. as the westerly ninety (90) foet of Lots Nos. 93. 94 and 95 and so 
much of Rockaway Avenue as laid down on said map as lies between the easterly 
side of Thatford Avenue as laid down on the Town Survey Commissioner's map 
of New Lots and the easterly side of Rockaway Avenue as shown on said map 
of Gilbert S. Thatford, said premises being more particularly bounded and de- 
scribed as follows : 

Beginning at a point on the easterly side of Thatford Avenue as laid down 
on the Town Survey Commissioner's Map of New Lots, where the same is inter- 
sected by a line drawn westerly in continuation of the southerly line of Lot No. 
95 as laid down on the said map of Gilbert S. Thatford, which point is distant 



Septemlicr 29, 1916. 5398 

sixty-five onc-hundredths (65-100) of a foot, more or less, northerly from the 
corner formed by tlie intersection of the easterly side of Thatford Avenue as 
laid down on said Town Survey Commissioner's Map of New Lots with the 
northerly side of Blake Avenue as said Blake Avenue is legally opened ; running 
thence easterly along said line drawn westerly in continuation of the southerly 
line of Lot No. 95 on said map of Gilbert S. Thatford and along the southerly 
line of Lot No. 95 as laid down on said map of Gilbert S. Thatford, one hun- 
dred (100) feet; thence northerly parallel with Thatford Avenue seventy-five 
(75) feet to the southerly side of Lot No. 92 as said lot is laid down on said 
map of Gilbert S. Thatford; running thence westerly along the southerly side 
of said Lot No. 92 on said map and along a line drawn westerly in continuation 
of said southerly line of said Lot No. 92 on said map one hundred (100) feet to 
the easterly side of Thatford Avenue as laid down on said Town Survey Com- 
missioner's Map of New Lots ; running thence southei>ly along the easterly side 
of Thatford Avenue as laid down on said Town Survey Commissioner's Map 
of New Lots seventy-five (75) feet to the point or place of beginning; together 
with all the right, title and interest, if any, of the owner, of in and to the strip 
of laud between the above described premises and the northerly line of Blake 
Avenue as now laid out, and also all the right, title and interest, if any, of the 
owner, of, in and to the strip of land between the above described premises 
and the easterly line of Thatford Avenue as now laid out, and also with all the 
right, title and interest, if any, of the owner, of, in and to any streets abutting 
the above described premises in front thereof to the centre thereof ; it being 
understood that the City will take the premises subject to an}' taxes and assess- 
ments that become liens on and after October 30, 1916 ; 
— said contract to be submitted to the Corporation Counsel for his approval as to 
form; and 

1 further recommend that the Corporation Counsel be requested to institute 
condemnation proceedings for the acquisition of the following described premises : 
All that certain lot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improve- 
ments thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough of Brooklyn, City 
and State of New York, bounded and described as follows : 

Beginning at the corner formed by the intersection of the northerly line of 
Blake Avenue as now laid out with the westerly line of Osborn Street as now 
laid out ; running thence northerly along said westerly line of Osborn Street 75 
feet ; running thence westerly and parallel with Blake Avenue 90 feet ; running 
thence southerly and parallel with Osborn Street, as now laid out, 75 feet to 
the northerly line of Blake Avenue as now laid out; running thence easterly and 
along said northerly line of Blake Avenue 90 feet to the point or place of begin- 
ning, together with all the right, title and interest, if any, of the owner, of, in 
and to the streets fronting thereon to the centre thereof ; said premises being 
known on the Tax Maps of the City of New York, Borough of Brooklyn, as 
Lots 39, 40 and 41, in Block 3545, Section 12; 
— title to vest in the City of New York one day after the entry of the order of the 
Court granting application of the City of New York to condemn said property, the 
assessed valution of which, as shown on the books of record on file in the Depart- 
ment of Taxes and Assessments, is $8,400. Respectfully, 

WM. A. PRENDERGAST, Comptroller. 
The following was offered : 

Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, in pursuance of the 
provisions of section 1433 of the Greater New York Charter, as amended, hereby 
approves of the selection by the Board of Education of the following property, located 
on Blake Avenue, extending from Thatford Avenue to Osborn Street, Borough of 
Brooklyn, bounded and described as follows : 

All that certain lot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and im- 
provements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough of Brooklyn, 
City and Slate of New York, bounded and described as follows: 

Beginning at the corner formed liy the intersection of the northerly line of 
Blake Avenue as now laid out with the westerly line of Osborn Street as now 
laid out ; running thence northerly along said westerly Hue of Osborn Street 75 
feet ; running thence westerly and parallel v/ith Blake Avenue 90 feet ; running 
thence southerly and parallel with Osborn Street as now laid out, 75 feet to 
the northerly line of Blake Avenue, as now laid out; running thence easterly and 
along said northerly line of Blake Avenue 90 feet to the point or place of begin- 
ning, together with all the right, title and interest, if any, of the owner, of, in and 
to the streets fronting thereon to the centre thereof ; said premises being known 



5399 September 29, 1916. 

on the Tax ;Maps of the City of New York, Borough of Brooklyn, as Lots 39, 40 

and 41, in Block 3545, Section 12, the assessed valuation of which as shown on 

the books of record on file in the Department of Taxes and Assessments, is eight 

thousand four hundred dollars ($8,400). 
— and authorizes and directs the Corporation Counsel to institute condemnation pro- 
ceedings for the acquisition of the same, by making application to the Supreme 
Court of the State of New York to have the compensation which is to be made to 
the owners of or persons interested in the real property to be acquired, ascertained 
and determined by the Supreme Court without a jury: and it is further 

Resolved, That the compensation to be made to the owners of said real property 
so to be acquired shall be ascertained and determined by the Supreme Court without 
a jury; and it is further 

Resolved, That title to said property is to vest in The City of New York upon 
the day after the entry and filing of the order of the Supreme Court granting the 
application to condemn said property, as authorized by section 1435 of the Greater 
New York Charter, as amended ; and it is further 

Resolved, That nothing contained in this resolution shall be construed as pre- 
venting the Comptroller of The City of New York from entering into a contract for 
the purchase of said property at private sale, subject to the approval of the Board 
of Estimate and Apportionment. 

Which was adopterl by the following vote : 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan, and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 

The matter of acquiring portion of site by private sale was laid over one week 
(October 6, 1916), and referred to the Chief Engineer for report under Rule 35. 



Bloomingdale Brothers — Claim of (Cal. No. 35). 

The Secretary presented the following certificate of the Deputy and Acting 
Comptroller : 

September 25, 1916. 
To the Honorable the Board of Estimate aitd Al>{<ortionment : 

Sirs — Under and pursuant to the provisions of section 246 of the Ciiarter, I 
hereby 'certify that claim has been filed in this department by Bloomingdale Bros, 
in the sum of S249.75, alleged to be due them for linoleum furnished to tiie Depart- 
ment of Taxes and Assessments during and subsequent to July, 1914 ; that no action 
has been instituted on said claim and an investigation of the facts upon which it is 
based discloses tiiat the Department of Taxes and Assessments entered into a contract 
with Bloomingdale Bros., on or about May 12, 1914. to lay 1,800 yards of linoleum 
at $0.9899 per yard, on the ninth floor of the Municipal Building: tliat the work 
required 2.121 54 yards of linoleum, and as only 5 per cent, or 90 yards, in addition 
to the 1.800 yards called for liy the contract could be charged against it, an open 
market order was issued for the balance of 231,'4 yards, at $1.08 per yard; that the 
measurements upon which the original contract was made were taken from a map 
furnished by the Department of Bridges and that those measurements were checked 
by the Surveying Division of the Tax Department; that during tiie progress of the 
work it was decided to lay linoleum in two additional rooms not contemplated liy the 
contract, and for that reason the open market order was issued : that this open 
market order, which is also the certificate of necessity, was not issued until December 
30. 1914, after the work was completed; that the Corporation Counsel has advised 
that The City of New York is not legally liable for the payment of this claim and 
that the claim should not be paid, except i)ursuaiU to section 246 of the Charter: 
that the claimant in good faith furnished and laid 23114 yards of linoleum at the 
instance .md re(|uest of the nci)artnient of Taxes and Assessments, and notwithstand- 
ing tiie claim therefor is illegal and invalid as against the tity. in my jud«:nient it i.< 
equitable and proper for it to pay the claim in the sum of $235.81. inasmucli as tin* 
City has received a benefit and derived an a«lvantage which, in money value, is equal 
to said sum. the actual outlay to the claimant for furnishing the materials and per- 
forming the work of laying the same, and the said sum of $235.81 should be paid 
in full satisfaction of said claim out of the fund available for the purpose. 

Respectfully. ALBERT E. H.XDLOCK. Deputy and Acting Comptroller. 

The following resolution was offered : 

Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and .\pportionment. pursuant to the provi- 
sion- "f v.cti.m 246 of till- (irr.itcr Xt \v ^'o^k Ciiarter, bfiiie chapter tiOl of the Laws 



September 29, 1916. 5400 

of 1907, as amended, hereby determines that The City of New York has received a 
benefit from, and is justly and equitably obligated to pay Bloomingdale Bros., with- 
out interest, the sum of two hundred and thirty-five dollars and eighty-one cents 
($235.81), for 231,'4 yards of linoleum furnished and laid for the Department of 
Taxes and Assessments, on the ninth floor of the Municipal Building, during and sub- 
sequent to Jul)', 1914; that the said sum shall be paid in full satisfaction of the claim 
which they presented in the sum of two liundred and forty-nine dollars and seventy-five 
cents ($249.75), for such materials and labor; that the interests of the City will be best 
subserved by the compromise of the said claim in that amount, and that such sum 
shall be paid only upon the execution by said Bloomingdale Bros, of a full release 
in favor of the City, in such form as may be approved by the Corporation Counsel, 
and the Comptroller is hereby authorized to pay said claim in the sum of two hun- 
dred and thirty-five dollars and eighty-one cents ($235.81), out of the proper fund 
available for the purpose. 

Which was adopted liy the following vote: 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan, and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 



New York and Queens Electric Light and Power Company — Claim of (Cal. 

No. 36). 

The Secretary presented tlie following certificate of the Deputy and Acting Comp- 
troller : 

September 20, 1916. 
To the Honorable the Board of listiuialc and Apportionment: 

Sirs — Under and pursuant to the provisions of section 246 of the Greater New 
York Charter, being chapter 601 of the Laws of 1907, as amended, I hereby certify 
that the New York and Queens Electric Light and Power Company has presented a 
claim against The City of New York for the sum of $1,610.45, alleged to be due for 
the value of incandescent lamps in public buildings in the Borough of Queens on 
January 1, 1915, and taken over and used by the Department of Water Supply, Gas 
and Electricity; that during the year 1914 and prior thereto the New York and Queens 
Electric Light and Power Company was required under its contracts with the City 
for lighting public buildings to supply the necessary incandescent lamps and renew 
the same from time to time, as required, the ownership of such lamps remaining in 
the New York and Queens Electric Light and Power Company ; that the contract 
with said company for the year 1915 was for electric current c>nly and did not 
include furnisliing of incandescent lamps; that on January 1, 1915, the installation of 
incandescent lamps belonging to said company in public buildings in the Borough of 
Queens consisted of at least 20,441 lamps which were taken over and used by the City, 
upon the understanding that said company should be paid the reasonable value of the 
unexpired life of the lamps, estimated by said company to be equal to 50 per cent, 
of their original cost, or $1,610.45, the amount claimed; that the Department of Water 
Supply, Gas and Electricity has determined the value of said lamps on January 1, 
1915, to be $1,257.91; that the purchase of said lamps involved an expenditure in ex- 
cess of $1,000. and no formal contract therefor having been entered into, as required 
by section 419 of the Greater New York Charter, said claim is illegal and invalid 
as against the City; that notwithstanding such illegality it is in my judgment equitable 
and proper for the City to pay the money value of the lienefit which it has received 
by reason of the furnishing of said lamps, which value is the sum of $1,257.91. and 
that said sum should l)c paid to the New York and Queens Electric Light and Power 
Company in full satisfaction of said claim, from the amount designated as Code 
2258. 1915, upon the execution of a full release in favor of the City in such form as 
shall be approved by the Corporation Counsel. 

Respectfullv, EDMUND D. I"ISHER, Deputy and Acting Comptroller. 

The following resolution was offered : 

Resolved. That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, pursuant to the pro- 
visions of section 246 of the CJrcater New York Charter, being chapter 601 of the 
Laws of 1907, as amended, hereby determines that The City of New York has received 
a benefit from, and is justly and equitably obligated io pay to the New York and 
Queens Electric Lieht and Power Company the sum of one thousand two hundred 
and fifty-seven dollars and ninety-one cents ($1,257.91), without interest, for in- 
candescent lamps furnished the Department of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity, 
in connection with the lighting of public buildings in the Borough of Queens; that 
the interests of the City will be liest subserved by the payment of said sum, which 
shall be paid only upon the execution of a full release in favor of the City, in such 



5401 September 29, 1916. 

form as sliall be approved by the Corporation Counsel, and the Comptroller is 
Hereby authorized to pay said sum from the account entitled "Code 2258, 1915." 

\\ hich was adopted by the following vote : 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, Tlie Bronx, Queens and Richmond — l(j. 



Department of Finance — Issue of Corporate Stock (Cal. No. 37). 

The Secretary presented a report of the Cuini)tr(>ller reconmiending that the Board 
authorize the issue of $73,498.25 corporate stock for the purpose of reimbursing the 
revenue bond fund for judgments in the amount paid therefrom in part settlement of 
a judgment obtained against the City by the Croton Falls Construction Company. 

The matter was laid over for one week (October 6, 1916J, under Rule 19. 

Public Service Commission for the First District — Approval of Award of Con- 
tract with Engel and Hevenor for Installation of Tracks on Seventh Avenue- 
Lexington Avenue Rapid Transit Railroad and Issue of Corporate Stock 
Therefor (Cal. No. 38). 

Tlie Secretary presented the following requisition of the Public Service Com- 
mission for the t irst District and report of the Comptroller relative thereto ; 

State of New York, Public Service Commission for the 1-irst District, No. 120 
Broadway, New York, September 14, 1916. 
To the Board of Estitiiate and Apportionment of The City of Ncvj York: 

The Public Service Commission for the First District herewith transmits to you 
for your consent, as required by law, a proposed contract between The City of New 
York, acting by this Commission, and Engel & Hevenor, for the installation of tracks 
for the Seventh Avenue Branch of the Sevcntli Avenue-Lexington Avenue Line, 
General Stationing Lines U and \', between Station 0+00 and station 221 + 30 (Line 
U), and between Station 175+91 and Station 303+10 (Line V), Routes 4 and 38 
(Sections lA, 1 to 6A, inclusive), 48 (Sections 1, 2 and 3) and ii (Section 3). 

The Public Service Commission for the First District requests your Honorable 
Board to consent to said contract herewith transmitted and to prescribe a limit to the 
amount of bonds available to meet the requirements of executing said contract, to 
wit. the sum of two hundred twenty-nine thousand four hundred forty and 50/100 
dollars ($229,440.50), and also to direct the Comptroller of The City of New York 
to issue the bonds of said City, at such a rate of interest as the Commissioners of 
the Sinking Fund of said City may prescribe, for the purpose of providing the neces- 
sary means for meeting the City's obligations under said contract, to wit, the sum 
of two hundred and twcntv-nine thousand four hundred and fortv and 50/100 dollars 
($229,440.50). 

The Public Service Commission for the First District does hereby, pursuant to 
section 45 of the Greater New York Charter, make request for the authorization of 
corporate stock for the full amount sufficient to pay the entire estimated expense to 
the City of executing such contract, to wit, the sum of two iuindred twenty-nine thou- 
sand four hundred forty and 50/100 dollars ($229,440.50). Tiiis requisition is a sub- 
retiuisition on account of and not in addition to the requisitions made by the Public 
Service Commission for the First District for twenty-eight million two hundred thou- 
sand dollars ($28.2()0.<KM)), three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) and fifty 
thousand dollars ($50,000) for the purposes of carrying out the contract dated March 
19. 1913. known as Contract No. 3, between The City of New York, acting by this 
Commission, and Interborough Rapid Transit Company, for additional rapid transit 
railroads, and the appropriations made thereunder Iiy your llonoral)le Board. 

In witness whereof the Public Service Commission for the First District has 
caused its official sea! to be hereto affixed and attested by its Secretary and these 
presents to be signed bv its Chairman this Nth dav of September. 1916. 

PUBLIC SERVI'K < OMMISSIOX l"< >R TtiF ! IK'sT DISTRICT, by '><• v'-' 
S. Straus, Chairman 

(Seal.) 

Attest: James B. Walkkr, Secretary. 

(Copy of contract referred to in the foregoing requisition is on tile.) 

September 26, 1916. 
To the Board of Es\imatc and Apportionment: 

Gentlemen — On Septeml)er 14. 1916. the Public Service Commission for the First 
District transmitted for consent of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment a 
proposed contract, to he entered into between The City of New York, acting by 
.said Commission, and Engel & Hevenor, for the installation of tracks for the Seventh 



September 29, 1916. 5402 

Avenue Branch of tlie Seventh Avenue-Lexington Avenue Line, at an estimated cost 
of $229,440.50. 

Tlie Commission requested the Board to prescribe a limit of $229,440.50 to the 
amount of Ijonds to be made available to meet the requirements of the proposed 
contract, and to direct the Comptroller to issue bonds to said amount, to be charged 
against the combined appropriations of $28,200,000, $300,000 and $50,000 made by this 
Board, on March 18, 1913, and on July 27 and July 28, 1916, respectively, for the 
purposes of Contract No. 3. 

The track installation provided for under the proposed contract with Engel 
& Hevenor covers the laying of track work complete, the materials being furnished 
by the City, on the Seventh Avenue line, from the Times Square connection with the 
present subway through Seventh Avenue, Varick Street, West Broadway and Green- 
wich Street to the connection with the existing subway at Battery Park, Manhattan ; 
also through Park Place and William Street, the Clark Street tunnels under the East 
River and through Fulton Street to a connection with the existing subway at Borough 
Hall, Brooklyn. 

The proposed contract award is to the lowest bidder among three competitors, 
die bids ranging, $229,440.50, $248,475.50 and $260,010. 

No definite time is set for the completion of the work, but a daily progress rate 
of 500 feet of track work is required, to be increased at the option of the Com- 
mission to 1,000 feet per day. 

I recommend the adoption of the attached resolution consenting to the contract 
award, limiting the amount of bonds available therefor and authorizing and direct- 
ing the Comptroller to issue the necessary corporate stock. 

Respectfully, WM. A. PRENDERGAST, Comptroller. 

William Fullen, representing the Public Service Commission for the First Dis- 
trict, appeared and requested immediate action in the matter. 

On motion. Rule 19 was waived and the following resolution was offered : 

Resolved, That, pursuant to the provisions of section 37 of the Rapid Transit 
Act, being chapter 4 of the Laws of 1891, as amended, and the provisions of sec- 
tion 45 of the Greater New York Charter, and the requisition of the Public Service 
Commission for the First District, duly made by said Commission on September 
14, 1916, the Board of Estimate and Apportionment hereby consents to the proposed 
contract to be entered into between The City of New York, acting by said Commis- 
sion, and Engel & Hevenor for the installation of tracks on the Seventh Avenue 
Branch of the Seventh Avenue-Lexington Avenue Line, General Stationing Lines 
U and V, between Station O-j-OO and Station 221-(-30 (Line U) and Between Station 
175-f91 and Station 303+10 (Line V), Routes 4 and 38 (Sections lA to 6A, inclusive), 
48 (Sections 1, 2 and 3) and ii (Section 3) at an estimated cost of two hundred 
and twentv-nine thousand four hundred and forty dollars and fifty cents ($229,- 
440.50) ; and be it further. 

Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment prescribes that the 
limit to the amount of proceeds of corporate stock available for the said purposes 
shall be two hundred and twenty-nine thousand four hundred and forty dollars and 
fifty cents ($229,440.50) and be it further 

Resolved, That the Comptroller be and is hereby authorized and directed to issue 
corporate stock of The City of New York to the amount of two hundred and twenty- 
nine thousand four hundred and forty dollars and fifty cents ($229,440.50) at such 
rate of interest as the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund shall prescribe, the pro- 
ceeds thereof to the amount of the par value of the stock to be applied to the pur- 
poses of contract with Engel & Hevenor, as set forth in this resolution and de- 
scribed in the requisition of the Public Service Commission for the First District to 
this Board, dated September 14, 1916, said issue of corporate stock to be charged 
against the appropriation of twenty-eight million two hundred thousand ($28,- 
200,000) dollars authorized by this Board on March 18, 1913, and the supplemental 
or additional appropriation thereto of three hundred thousand ($300,000) dollars 
authorized by the Board on July 28 1916, together with the further appropriation of 
fifty thousand ($50,(X)0) dollars authorized on July 28, 1916, for the purpose of 
carrying out the terms of Contract No. 3 relating to the City's contribution. 

Which was adopted by the following vote : 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, tiie President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, Tlie F'.ronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 



5403 September 29. 1916. 

Public Service Commission for the First District — Approval of Award of Con- 
tract with Serber^Stander Company for Construction of Station l-inish on 
the Broadwav^Tourth Avenue Rapid Transit Railroad and Issue of Corporate 
Stock Therefor (Cal. No. 39). 

Tile Secretary presented the following requisition of the Public Service Com- 
mission for tlie First District and report of the Comptroller relative thereto : 

State of New York, Public Service Commission for the First District, 120 Broad- 
way, New York. September 18. 1916. 
To the Board of listiinatc and Apportionment of The City of Nezu York: 

The Public Service Commission for tlie First District herewith transmits to you 
for your consent as required by law a proposed contract between The City of New 
York, acting by this Commission, and Scrber-Stander Co., Inc., for the construction 
at the public expense of Station Finish for a part of the Broadway-Fourth Avenue 
Rapid Transit Railroad (Routes Nos. 4 and 36, Route No. 20), 23d Street, 28th Street 
and Broadway stations. 

The Public Service Commission for the First District requests your Honorable 
Board to consent to said contract herewith transmitted and to prescribe a limit to 
the amount of l)onds available to meet the requirements of executing said contract, to 
wit. the sum of One hundred forty-nine thousand three hundred twenty-four and 
75-100 dollars ($149,324.75), and also to direct the Comptroller of The City of New 
York to issue tlie bonds of said City at such a rate of interest as the Commissioners 
of the Sinking Fund of said City may prescribe for the purpose of providing the 
necessary means for meeting the City's obligations under said contract, to wit, the 
sum of one hundred forty-nine thousand three hundred twenty-four and 75-100 dollars 
($149,324.75). 

The Public Service Commission for the First District does hereby, pursuant to 
Section 45 of the Greater New Y'ork Charter, make request for the authorization 
of corporate stock for the full amount sufficient to pay the entire estimated expense 
to the City of executing such contract, to wit. the sum of one hundred forty-nine 
thousand three hundred twenty-four and 75-100 dollars ($149,324.75). This requisition 
is a subrequisition on account of and not in addition to the requisition made by the 
Public Service Commission for the First District upon your Honorable Board for 
sixty million dollars ($60,000,000), and seven million seven hundred fifty thousand 
dollars ($7,750,000), for the purpose of carrying out the contract dated March 19, 
1913. known as Contract No. 4. between The City of New York, acting by the Public 
Service Commission for the First District, and New York Municipal Railway Cor- 
poration for additional rapid transit railroads, and the appropriations made thereunder 
by your honorable Board. 

In witness whereof the Public Service Commission for the First District has 
caused its official seal to be hereto affixed and attested by its Secretary and these 
presents to be signed bv its .Acting Chairman, this 18th dav of September. 1916. 

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION FOR THE FIRST DISTRICT, by William 
H.wwARD, Acting Chairman. 

(Seal.) 

Attest: James B. Walker, Secretary. 

(Copy of contract referred to in tl e foregoing requisition is on file.). 

September 26, 1916. 
To the Board of listiinate and Apporlionincnt : 

Gentlemen — On September 18, 1916. the Public Service Commission for the First 
District transmitted for consent of the Board ai Estimate and Apportionment a 
proposed contract to be entered into between The City of New York, acting by said 
Commission, and the .Scrber-Stander Company, Inc., for the construction of Station 
Finish for a part of the i'roadway-Fourth .Avenue Rapid Transit Ixailrnad (Routes 
4 and 36. Route 20), 23rd Street, 28th Street and Broadway stations, at an estimated 
cost of $149,324.75. 

The Ciirnmission requested the Board to consent to the award of the contract 
submitted, to prescribe the limit of $149..324.75 to the amount of lionds to be issued 
to meet llie obligations thereof and to direct the Comptroller to issue bonds to said 
amount, to be charged against the combined appropriation of $<t7.7.50(H)0. viz.; $60, 
(X)0,(X)0 authorized by this Board on March IS. 1913, and the supplemental or addi- 
tional appropriation thereto of $7.7.^0.(MX) authorized on July 27, 1916, for the purpose 
of carrying out the City's obligations under (Contract No. 4. 

Station finish for tiirec stations is provided for in the proposed contract. These 
arc at 23rd and 28th streets on the Broadway line and at the station at the cross- 
ing of the Canal street line, under the existing subways at Lafayette street and at 
Centre street, to be known as the Broadway station, as intercommunication by under- 



September 29, 1916. 5-404 

ground passage with the Broadway subway has been provided. Intercominunicatio'n 
between the upper and lower stations at the crossings is provided for by stairways. 

The proposed award is to be made to the lowest of six bidders. The bids ranged : 
$149,324.75, $149,500, $151,027.07, $154,849.45, $169,517.60 and $173,991.15. 

1 recommend the adoption of the attached resolution consenting to the contract 
award, limiting tlie amount of bonds available therefor and authorizing and direct- 
ing the Comptroller to issue the necessary corporate stock. 

Respectfully, WM. A. PRENDERGAST, Comptroller. 

William Fullen, representing the Public Service Commission for the First District, 
appeared and requested immediate action. 

On motion Rule 19 was waived and the following resolution was offered : 

Resolved, That, pursuant to the provisions of section il of the Rapid Transit 
Act, being chapter 4 of the Laws of 1891, as amended, and the provisions of section 
45 of the Greater New York Charter, and the requisition of the Public Servica 
Commission for the First District, duly made by said Commission on September 18, 
1916, the Board of Estimate and Apportionment hereby consents to the proposed 
contract to be entered into between The City of New York, acting by said Commis- 
sion and Serber-Stander Company, Inc., for the construction of Station Finish for 
a part of the Broadway-Fourth Avenue Rapid Transit Railroad (Routes 4 and 36 
Route 20) 23rd Street, 28th Street and Broadway stations at an estimated cost of onfi 
hundred and forty-nine thousand three hundred and twenty-four dollars and seventy- 
five cents ($149,324.75) ; and be it further 

Resolved, That the Iioard of Estimate and Apportionment prescribes that the 
limit to the amount of proceeds of corporate stock available for said purposes shall be 
one hundred and forty-nine thousand tliree hundred and twenty-four dollars and 
seventy-tive cents ($149,324.75) ; and be it further 

Resolved, That the Comptroller be and is hereby authorized and directed to issue 
corporate stock of The City of New York to the amount of one hundred forty-nine 
thousand three hundred and twenty-four dollars and seventy-five cents ($149,324.75) 
at such rate of interest as the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund shall prescribe, 
the proceeds thereof to the amount of the par value of the stock to be applied to the 
purposes of contract with the Serber-Stander Company, Inc., as set forth in this reso- 
lution and described in the requisition of the Public Service Commission to this Board 
dated September 18, 1916. said issue of corporate stock to be charged against the 
appropriation of si.xty million dollars ($60,000,000). authorized by this Board on 
March 18. 1913, and the supplemental or additional approiiriation thereto of seven 
million seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($7,750,000). authorized on July 
27, 1916, for the purpose of carrying out the City's obligation under Contract No. 4. 

Which was adopted by the following vote : 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 

Public Service Commission for the First District — Approval of Award of Con= 
tract with Kaufman and Oarcey, for Installation of Tracks of the Culver 
Line, and Issue of Corporate Stock Therefor (Cal. No, 40). 

The Secretary i)rcsontcd the following requisition of the Public Service Commis- 
sion for the First District and report of the Comptroller relative thereto : 

State of New York. Public Service Commission for the First District, 120 Broad- 
way, New York, September 21. 1916. 
To the Bnard of Estimate and Apportionment of The City of New York: 

The Public Service Commission for the First District herewith transmits to you 
for your consent, as required by law, a proposed contract between The City of New 
New York, acting by this Commission, and Kaufman & Garcey for the installation 
of tracks, at the public expense, for a part of the Culver Line, General Stationing 
Line C. between Station 517-|-50 and Station 746-|-25, Route No. 49 (Sections lA, 1 
and 2). 

The Public Service Commission for the First District requests your Honorable 
Board to consent to said contract herewith transmitted and to prescribe a limit to 
the amount of bonds available to meet the requirements of executing said contract, to 
wit. the sum of one hundred three thousand six hundred eighty and no-100 dollars 
($103,680), and also to direct the Comptroller of The City of New York to issue the 
bonds of said City at such a rate of interest as the Commissioners of the Sinking 
Fund of said City may prescribe for the purpose of providing the necessary means 
for meeting the City's obligations under said contract, to wit. the sum of one hundred 
three thousand six hundred eighty and no-100 dollars ($103,680). 



5405 Sei)tcml)cr 29, 1916. 

The Public Service Commission for the First District docs hereby, pursuant to 
section 45 of the Greater New York Charter, make reciucst for the autliurizatiun of 
corporate stock for the full amount sufficient to pay the entire estimated expense to 
the City of executing such contract, to wit, the sum of one hundred three thousand six 
hundred eighty and no-100 dollars ($103,680). This requisition is a subrequisition on 
account of and not in addition to the requisition made by the Public Service Com- 
mission for the First District upon your Honorable Board for sixty million dollars 
(. $60,000 ,C<JO) and seven million seven hundred liftv thousand dollars ($7,750,000) for 
the purpose of carrying out the contract dated March 19. 1913, known as Contract 
No. 4 between The City of New York, acting by the Public Service Commission for 
the F'irst District, and New York .Municipal Railway Corporation, for additional 
rapid transit railroads, and the appropriations made thereunder by your Honorable 
Board. 

In \\'itness Whereof the Public Service Commission for the First District has 
caused its official seal to be hereto affixed and attested by its Secretary and these 
present to be signed by its Acting Chairman, this 21st day of September, 1916 

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION FOR THE FIRST DISTRICT, by Henry 
VV. Hoix'.E, Acting Chairman. 

(Seal.) 

Attest: James B. Walker, Secretary. 

(Copy of contract referred to in the foregoing requisition is on file.) 

September 26, 1916. 
To the Board of Estimate and Apt^ortionmcut : 

(jentlemen — On September 21, 1916, the Public Service Commission for the P'irst 
District transmitted for consent of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment a 
proposed contract to be entered into between The City of New York, acting by said 
Commission, and Kaufman & Garcey, for the installation of tracks for a part of the 
Culver Line, General Stationing Line C, between Station 517 plus 50, and Station 
746 plus 25, Route 49 (Section L-\, 1 and 2), at an estimated cost of $103,680. 

The Commission requested the Board to consent to the award of the contract sub- 
mitted, to prescribe the limit of $103,680 to the amount of bonds to be issued to meet 
the obligations thereof and to direct the Comptroller to issue bonds to said amount 
to be charged against the combined appropriation of $67,750,000, viz., $^>0,(X)0.000 author- 
ized by this Board on March 18, 1913, and the supplemental or additional appropriation 
thereto of $7,750,000 authorized on July 27, 1916, for the purpose of carrying out the 
City's obligations under Contract No. 4. 

The track installation provided for by the proposed contract comprises the laying 
of track, special work, walks and placing railings on the Culver Line structure from 
a point about 900 feet north of the Fort Hamilton Parkway station to a point just 
south of the station at .A. venue X, in all about 22.900 feet of line. 

Bids were received from three firms and the proposed award is to he made to 
the lowest bidder. The bids ranged : $103,680, $135,970 and $153,813. 

I recommend the adoption of the attached resolution, consenting to the contract 
award, limiting the amount of bonds and authorizing and directing the Comptroller 
to issue the necessarv corporate stock. 

Respectfully, WM. A. PREXDERGAST, Comptroller. 

William Fullcn, representing the Public Service Commission for the First Dis- 
trict, appeared and re(|uested immediate action. 

On motion Rule 19 was waived and the following resolution was offered : 

Resolved. That, pursuant to the provisions of section i7 of the Rapid Transit 
Act. being chapter 4 of the Laws of 1<S91, as amended, and the provisions of section 
45 of the Greater New \'ork Charter, and the requisition of the Public Service Com- 
mission for the First District, duly made by said Commission on September 21, 1916, 
the Board of Estimate and .Apportionment hereby consents to the proposed contract 
to be entered into lietween The City nf New York, acting by said Commission, and 
Kaufmann & Garcey for the installation of tracks for a part of the Culver Line, 
General Stationing Line C. between Station 517 plus 50 and Statit^n 746 plus 25, Route 
No. 49 (^ Sections L\. 1 and 2). at an estimated cost of one hundred and three thou- 
sand six hundred and eighty ($103,680) dollars; and be it further 

Resolved. That the I'oard of Estimate and .Apijortionment prescribes that the 
limit to the amount of prc/cceds of corporate stock available for the said purposes 
shall be one hundred and three thousand six hundred and eighty dollars ($103,680) ; 
and be it further 

Resolved. That the Comptroller lie and is hereby authorized and directed to 
issue corporate stock of The City of New York to the amount of one hundred and 
three thousand six hundred and eighty dollars ($103,6[".0), at such rate of interest as 



September 29, 1916. 5406 

the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund shall prescribe, the proceeds thereof to 
the amount of the par value of the stock to be applied to purposes of contract with 
Kaufmann & Garcey, as set fortli in this resolution and described in the requisition 
of the Public Service Commission to this Board dated September 21, 1916, said 
issue of corporate stock to be charged against the appropriation of sixty million dollars 
($C(),000,()(X)) authorized by this Board on March 18, 1913, and the supplemental or 
additional appropriation thereto of seven million seven hundred and fifty thousand 
dollars ($7,750,000) authorized on July 27, 1916, for the purpose of carrying out the 
City's obligation under Contract No. 4. 

Which was adopted by the following vote: 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queers and Richmond — 16. 

Public Ser\ ice Commission for the First District — Approval of Award of Con= 
tract with Post and McCord, Inc., for Relocation of Column of the Astoria, 
Woodside and Corona Rapid Transit Railroad and Issue of Corporate Stock 
Therefor (Cal. No. 41). 

The Secretary presented the following requisition of the Public Service Com- 
mission for the First District and report of the Comptroller relative thereto : 

State of New York, Public Service Commission for the First District, 120 Broad- 
way, September 18, 1916. 
To the Board of Estimate and Apportionment of The City of New York: 

The Public Service Commission for the First District, pursuant to chapter 540 
of the Laws of 1913 herewith transmits to your Honorable Board for its consent as 
required by law a proposed contract between The City of New York, acting by this 
Commission, and Post & McCord, Inc., for the performance of the work and the 
supply of all labor and material required for the relocation of Column No. 297-E' of 
Section No. 2, of the Astoria, Woodside and Corona Rapid Transit Railroad (Routes 
Nos. 36 and 37) in the Borough of Queens. The said Column No. 297-E' in its 
present location creates a condition dangerous to traffic, and the Commission deems 
it essential to the safety of pedestrian and vehicular traffic to relocate the said 
column northwardly for a distance of about nine (9) feet. The Pul)lic Service Com- 
mission for the First District therefore requests your Honorable Board to consent 
to said contract herewith transmitted and to prescribe a limit to the amount of 
bonds available to meet the requirements of the City's obligation under said contract, 
to wit, the sum of eighteen hundred and thirty-five dollars ($1,835), and also to 
direct the Comptroller of The City of New York to issue the bonds of said City 
at such a rate of interest as the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund of said City 
may prescril)e for the purpose of providing the necessary means to meet the City's 
obligation under said contract, to wit, the sum of eighteen hundred and thirty-five 
dollars ($1,835). 

The Public Service Commission for the First District does hereby, pursuant to 
section 45 of the Greater New York Charter make request for the autliorization of 
such corporate stock for the full amount sufficient to pay the entire estimated ex- 
pense to the Citv of executing said contract, to wit, the sum of eighteen hundred 
and thirty-five dollars ($1,835). 

This requisition is a subrequisition on account of and not in addition to the 
requisitions made liv the Public Service Commission for the First Distrct for twenty- 
eight million two hundred thousand dollars ($28,2(X),000), three hundred thousand 
dollars ($300,000) and fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for the purpose of carrying 
out the contract dated March 19, 1913, known as Contract No. 3 between The City 
of New York, acting bv the Public Service Commission for the First District, and 
Interborougli Rapid Transit Company and the appropriations made thereunder by 
your Honorable Board. 

In witness whereof the Public Service Commission for the First District has 
caused its official seal to be hereto affixed and attested by its Secretary and these 
presents to be signed bv its Chairman this 18th dav of Scptemlier, 1916. 

PUBLIC SERVICE COI^I MISSION FOR THE FIRST DISTRICT, by Oscar 
S. Str.xus, Chairman. 

(Seal.) 

Attest: James B. Walker. Secretary. 

(Copy of contract referred to in the foregoing requisition is on file.) 

September 26, 1916. 
To the Hoard of Estimate and Apportionment : 

Gentlemen — On September 18, 1916. the Public Service Commission for the First 
District transmitted for consent of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment a pro- 



5407 September 29, 1916. 

posed contract to be entered into between The City of New York, acting by said 
Commission, and Post and McCord, Inc., for tlie relocation of column No. 297-E 
of section 2 of the Astoria, Woodside and Corona Rapid Transit Railroad (Routes 
36 and 37), in the Borough of Queens at an estimated cost of $1,835. 

The Commission requested tlie Board to consent to the award of the contract 
submitted, to prescribe the limit of $1,835 to the amount of bonds to be issued to 
meet the obligations thereof and to direct the Comptroller to issue bonds to said 
amount to be charged against the combined appropriation of $28,550,000, viz., $28,- 
2(X),0(10 authorized by this Board on March 18, 1913, the supplemental or additional 
appropriation thereto of $300,000 authorized on July 27, 1916, and the further ap- 
proiiriation of $50,000, made on July 28, 1916, for the purpose of carrying out the 
City's ol)ligations under Contract No. 3. 

The column in question is located at the intersection of Second and Flushing 
Avenues almost in the centre of the north roadway of Flushing Avenue as defjned 
by the northern car track and the projection of the north curb line across the in- 
tersection with Second Avenue. This column and the one adjacent of the row of 
four columns at this intersection are so located as to bar vehicular traffic from the 
use of the northern roadway of Flushing Avenue in making a straight crossing of 
Second Avenue, so that such traffic must divert to the car tracks. It was a con- 
struction error to have so placed it. The mistake is much more noticeable on the 
ground where the surroundings can be viewed, than is apparent from the plan. 
One accident has already occurred whereby the driver of a wagon was killed and 
since this time the Commission has caused lighted lanterns to be affixed to these 
columns at night. 

There appears to be no solution of this problem other than the one proposed 
which is to move the column nine feet north along the line of the outer longitudinal 
girder and to strengthen the overhanging of this longitudinal girder where it will 
cantilever beyond the post as newly located to afford support for the cross girder 
which now has its support on this column. 

I recommend the adoption of the attached resolution, consenting to the contract 
award, limiting the amount of bonds and authorizing and directing the Comptroller 
to issue the necessary corporate stock. Respectfullv. 

WM. A. PRENDERGAST, Comptroller. 

William Fullen, representing the Public Service Commission for the First Dis- 
trict, appeared and requested immediate action. 

On motion Rule 19 was waived and the following resolution was offered : 

Resolved, That, pursuant to the provisions of section 37 of the Rapid Transit 
Act, being chapter 4 of the Laws of 1891. as amended, and the provisions of section 
45 of the Greater New York Charter, and the requisition of the Public Service Com- 
mission for the First District duly made by said Commission on September 18, 1916, 
the Board of Estimate and Apportionment hereby consents to the proposed contract 
to i)e entered into between The City of New York, acting by said Commission, and 
Post and McCord. Inc., for the performance of the work and the supply of all labor 
and material required for the relocation of Column No. 279-E, of Section 2 of the 
Astoria, Woodside and Corona Rapid Transit Railroad (Routes 36 and 37). in the 
Borough of Queens, at an estimated cost of one thousand eight hundred an thirty- 
five ($1,835) dollars; and be it further 

Resolved. That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment prcscril)cs that the 
limit to the amount of proceeds of corporate stock availal)le for the said purposes 
shall be one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five ($1,835) dollars: and be it further 

Resolved. That the Comptroller be and is hereby authorized and directed to 
issue corporate stock of Tlie City of New York to the amount of one thousand eight 
hundred and thirty-five ($1,835) dollars at such rate of interest as the Commissioners 
of the Sinking Fund shall prescribe, the proceeds thereof to the amount of the par 
value of the stock to be applied to the purposes of contract with Post and McCord. 
Inc., as set forth in this resolution and described in the requisition of the Public 
Service Commission to this l^oard. dated Septeml)cr 18. 1916. said issue of cori)orate 
stock to be charged against the appropriation of twentv-eight million two hun- 
dred thousand ($28,200,000) <lollars authorised by this Board on March 18. 1913. 
and the supplemental or additional appropriation thereto of three hundred thousand 
($300,000) dollars authorized on July 27. 1916. together with the further appropriation 
of fifty thousand ($50,000) dollars made on July 28. 1916, for the purpose of carrying 
out the City's obligation under the terms of Contract No. 3. 

W hich was adopted by the following vote : 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 



September 29. 19 lo. 



5408 



Court House Board — Issue of Serial Bonds (CaJ. No. 42). 

The Secretary presented a report of the Comptroller recommending tliat the Board 
authorize an issue of $45,000 serial bonds to provide for the payment of certain fees 
and allowances granted to the Commissioners of Estimate and Appraisal in the matter 
of the acquisition by the City of property as a site for the New York County Court 
House. 

The matter was laid over one week (October 6, 1916), under Rule 19. 



From Bureaus of the Board. 



Bureau of Public Improvements. 

Board of Estimate and Apportionment — Engineer's Financial Statement (Cal. 

No. 43). 

The Secretary presented the following report of the Chief Engineer, which was 
cirdered printed in tiie Minutes and liled : 

Financial Statement No. D-62. September 25, 1916. 

lloii. John Pukkov Mjtchel, Mayor, Chairman of the Board of listitnate and Appor- 
tion t)ieHt: 

Sir — I beg to submit the following tabular statement, showing the estimated cost 
of physical improvements and the number of opening proceedings for each borough, 
and the total for all boroughs, which have been authorized by the Board of Estimate 
and Apportionment since January 1, 1915, together with the physical improvements for 
which preliminary authorization is now outstanding. 
Surface and Subsurface Improvements Given Final Authorisation in 1915 and 1916 

Surface Improvements. Sewer Improvements. 

^ K A 

Borough. Total. 1915. 1916 to Date. Total, 1915. 1916 to Date. 

c \ ' N f \ r » 

No. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. 

Manhattan TTTl 10 $66,700 00 10 $151,800 00 "20 $716,200 00 19 $402,800 00 

Hrooklvn 121 564,000 00 121 797,900 00 t33 1,523,200 00 51 944,900 00 

The Bronx . . . J36 523,900 00 31 607,100 00 26 1,190,200 00 13 605,600 00 

Oueens 30 347,700 00 45 503,600 00 37 1,061,400 00 37 729,500 00 

Richmond 10 57,500 00 9 55,900 00 6 50,400 00 7 15,400 00 

Total t207 $1.559.800 00 216 $2.1 16,300 00 *tl22 $4,541.400 00 127 $2,698.200 00 

"Excludes $170,000 chargeable to subway construction. 

tincluflcs two improvements for wliich partial authorization only has been given. 
tKxchides one improvement estimated to cost $130,000 authorized in 1913 at an estimated cost 
of $186,000, the resolution for which was amended in 1915. 

Surface and Subsurface Improvements for Which Preliminary Authorization is Now 
Outstanding. 

Surface Improvements. Sewer Improvements. 

Borough. t \ ' ^ ^ 

No. Amount. No. Amount. 

Manhattan 9 $412,100 00 9 $294,400 00 

Brooklyn 10 70.500 00 *14 2,006,000 00 

The lironx 7 174.500 00 5 335,500 00 

Queens 23 168,300 00 25 612.500 00 

Richmond 2 9,400 00 2 5,000 00 

Total 51 $8.34.800 00 *55 $3.253.400 00 

*lncliulcs two improvements for which partial final authorization has been given. 
Street and Park Opening Proceedings Authorized in 1915 and 1916. 

Total, 1915. 1916 to Date. 



Borough 



Number Number 
of Streets of 
and Parks Proceed- 
Affected. ings. 



Number Number 
of Streets of 

and Parks Proceed- 

Affected. ings. 



Manhattan 

Brooklyn 

The Bronx 

Queens 

Richmond 

Total 







6 


5 


21 


9 


13 


9 


34 


20 


5 


4 


57 


34 


41 


18 






1 


1 


[12 


63 


66 


37 



5409 



September 29, 1916. 



A comparison of the estimated cost of physical improvements for which final 
authorization has been given since January 1, 1916, and of all outstanding preliminary 
autliorizations, witii the value of the assessment lists relating to improvements au- 
thorized since January 1, 1902, returned in 1916, and with the 1916 collections, up to 
and including September 19, in each case shows the following: 



Authorizations. 



Borough. 



Outstanding 

Preliminary 

Authorizations. 

, * 

No. Amount. 



Final 

Authorizations 

in 1916. 



Total. 



Assessment 

Lists 

Returned. 



Collections. 



No. 



Amount. 



No. 



Amount. 



Nfanhattan ... 18 

Brooklyn 24 

The Bron.x ... 12 

Queens 48 

Richmond ... 4 



$706,500 GO 

2,076,500 CO 

510.000 00 

780,800 00 

14.400 00 



29 
172 
44 
82 
16 



$554,600 00 
1,742,81)0 00 
1,212,700 00 
1.233.100 00 
71.300 00 



47 $1,261,100 00 
196 3,819,300 00 

56 1,722,700 00 
130 2,013,900 00 

20 85,700 00 



$47,505 88 

3.321.444 98 

792.146 56 

471.893 97 

29.965 03 



$254,000 42 
1.352,863 95 
1,761,403 51 
1,610,249 02 
76,302 81 



Total 106 $4,088,200 00 343 $4,814,500 OO 449 $8,902,700 00 $4.662,956 42 $5,0 54,819 71 

At):ouiits Available for Preliminary and for Final Authorisation During 1916, Under 
the Interpretation of the Resolution Adopted on July 30, 1914, as Reported to the 
Board on Julv 27, 1916. 



Borough. 



Preliminary 
Authorizations 
Which May Be Out- 
standing, Inckiding 
Those Which Are Not 
to Be Converted Into 
Final Authoriza- 
tions During 1916. 



Final Au- 
thorizations 
to Be 

Granted 
During 1916. 



Manhattan 
Brooklyn . 
The Pironx 
(Juecns . . . 
Richmond , 



Total 



$572,500 00 

1,558.900 03 

777.700 00 

1,036,600 00 

81,000 00 

$4,026,703 00 



$525,600 00 
2,214.900 00 
1.281.700 00 
1,196,000 00 
144,800 00 

$5,363,000 CO 



The following table shows the additional amounts for which preliminery authoriza- 
tion may now be outstanding, as deduced from the resolution of July 30, 1914. the 
value of the preliminary authorizations now outstanding wliicli the Borougli Presidents 
desire to liave converted into final autliorizations durini^ 1916, and tlie balance available 
for final authorization, as determined under tlie interpretation of the July 30, 1914, 
resolution as submitted to the Board on July 27, 1916. 



Borough. 



Additional 

Preliminary .\u- 

tborizations Wliich 

May Be Outstanding 

on the Basis of the 

Resolution of July 30, 

1914, as Interpreted 

on July 27. 1916. 



Preliminary Au- 
thorizations Xow 
Outstanding the 
Urgency of Whicii 
Has P.ccn Kstab- 
li.shcdor Whicli It 
Is Expected to 
Establish in 1916. 



Balance 
Available for 
Final Authoriza- 
tion as Provided 
bv tlie Resobitic^n 
of July 30. 1914, 
As Interpreted on 
July 27. 1916. 



Manhattan . 
Brr)()klyn . . 
Tlic Bronx 
Queens . . . . 
Riclimond . 

Total 



—$1.^.000 00 

— 517.f/O0 00 

267.700 00 

255 800 00 

66,600 00 

—$61,500 00 



$428,000 00 

1,756,600 00 

449,300 00 

413.2(K) GO 

14,400 00 

$3,061,500 00 



—$29,000 00 

472,100 00 

69.000 00 

—37.100 00 

73,500 00 

$548,500 00 



From the alxive table it will be noted that t+ie limit placed upon the total value 
of preliminary authorizations wliich may l)e outstanding in 191() fur all biiri>uirbs has 
been exceeded by $61,500. the excess authorizations in Manhattan anKxmting t<> $134,000 
and in Brooklyn tn $517.fjOO. It will also be noted that the allotnnnt of final authoriza- 
tions in tlie Borouch of Manhattan has been exceeded 1)V $29,000 and in the Borough 
of Queens by $37,100. Rcspectfullv. NELSON P. LEWIS, Chief Engineer. 



September 29, 1916. 5410 

President, Borough of Brooklyn — Acceptance of Pavements Laid Under Pri= 
vate Contract (Cal. No, 44). 

The Secretary presented a communication dated August 11, 1916. from the Com- 
missioner of Public Works, Borough of Brooklyn, certifying that pavements have 
been laid by private contract on Carroll Street, between Albany Avenue and a line 
321 feet easterly; and the following report of the Chief Engineer: 

Report No." 16057. Septemljer 14, 1916. 

Hon. John Purroy Mitchel, Mityor, Chairman of the Board of Estimate and Appor- 
tionmcnl : 

Sir — Herewith is transmitted a communication from the Commissioner of Public 
Works, Borough of Brooklyn, bearing date of August 11, 1916. certifying that a 
preliminary pavement of sheet asphalt had Ijeen laid on Carroll Street, l)etween Albany 
Avenue and a line 321 feet easterly, and that the cost of the pavement was $2,333.50. 

This improvement is said to have been carried out in conformity with the plans 
and specifications used for similar work done under the immediate direction of the 
Borough President, and the pavement has been laid to conform with the lines and 
grades fi.xed for the street. 

Under the provisions of section 948 of the Charter as amended by chapter 591 of 
the Laws of 1915, it is provided that pavements laid to legally established grades at 
private expense subsequent to June 20, 1910, which conform with the plans and 
specifications in general use in the Borough, and which are constructed under the 
supervision of the Borough authorities and are accepted by resolution of tlie Board 
of Estimate and Apportionment, are to be deemed permanent or temporary pavements 
as the case ma^' be, in the same sense as if the work had been carried out by the City 
and the cost assessed upon the benefited property. 

An inspection shows that the work described has been carried out, and that the 
pavement appears to be in good condition. 

I would therefore recommend the adoption of a resolution accepting this pavement. 

Respectfully, NELSON P. LEWIS, Chief Engineer. 

The following was offered : 

Whereas, Section 948 of the Greater New York Charter, as amended by chapter 
591, Laws of 1915, provides that pavements laid at private expense subsequent to 
Tune 20, 1910, upon legally established grades and according to plans and specifica- 
tions in general use for preliminary pavements in the Borough in which they are laid, 
under the supervision of the Borough authorities and accepted in behalf of the City 
by a resolution of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, shall be deemed pre- 
liminary pavements, if such pavements shall be one of the pavements classified as 
preliminary pavements by such Board subsequent to April 18, 1912; and 

Whereas, The Board of Estimate and Apportionment did, by resolution adopted 
June 6, 1912, classify sheet asphalt laid on a concrete foundation not less than four 
(4) inches in thickness, as a preliminary pavement ; and 

Whereas, The President of the Borough of Brooknai has certified under date 
of .August 4, 1916. that Carroll Street, from a line nine (9) feet west of and parallel 
with the east building line of Albany Avenue to a line three hundred twenty-one 
C32n feet east of and parallel with the east building line of Albany Avenue, in the 
Br^rough of Brooklyn, was by contract executed August 19th, 1915, by and between 
Uvalde Asphalt Pavi.Tg Company, a corporation of the State of New York, party of 
the first part, and the Henry Roth Building Company, a corporation of the State of 
New York, party of the second part, paved with sheet asphalt on a concrete founda- 
tion five (5) inches in thickness, upon legallv established grades, in accordance with 
plans and specifications in general use in the Bureau of Highways, Borough of Brook- 
lyn, in 1915. and under tlie sui)ervision of the Chief Engineer of said I'lureau of High- 
ways, and that the amount of the work done and the cost of the same, as sliown on 
certified copy of a receipted voucher on file in the office of the President of the Bor- 
ough of Brooklyn, are as follows : 

1,318 square yards asphalt pavement, at $1.75 $2,306 50 

36 linear feet bluestone headers, at 75 cents 27 00 



$2,333 50 
Whereas, The said contract was, on Octol)er 14. 1915, completed to the satisfac- 
tion of tile said Chief Engineer of the Bureau of Highways and to the satisfaction 
of the President of the Borough of Brooklyn: therefore be it 

Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment hereby accepts in behalf 
of the City of New York, the said sheet asphalt pavement on Carroll Street, from a 
line nine (9) feet west of and parallel with the east building line of .Mbany Avenue 
to a line three hundred twenty-one (321) feet east of and parallel with the east 



5411 September 29. 1916. 

building line of Albany Avenue, Borough of Brooklyn, as a preliminary pavement. 

Which was adopted bi the following vote: 

AfTirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of .\lder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borougli of Manhattan and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 



Ziegler Avenue, from Alice Street to the Southerly Side of State Street, Bor- 
ough of Queens — Vesting Title (Cal. No. 45), 

The Secretary presented a communication dated August 15, 1916, from the 
Actiiig President of the Borough of Queens requesting that title be vested to Ziegler 
Avenue, from Alice Street to the southerly side of State Street; and the following 
report of tlie Chief Engineer: 

Report Xo. 16038. September 15th, 1916. 

Hon. John- Purroy Mitchel, Mayor, Chairman of the Board of Estimate and Ap- 
portionment: 

Sir — Herewith is transmitted a communication from the Acting President of the 
Borough of Queens, bearing date of August 15th, 1916, requesting that provision 
be made at the earliest possible date for transferring title to the City to the land 
needed for Ziegler Avenue from State Street to Alice Street. The Board is advised 
that this action is desired in order to permit of carrying out a flagging improvement 
affecting tliis street between the limits named, which has been authorized by the 
Local Board under the provisions of section 435 of the City Charter. 

A proceeding for acquiring title to Ziegler Avenue from Bayreuth Street to Wil- 
lets Point Road, "excluding the right-of-way of the Long Island Railroad, was insti- 
tuted by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment on September 25th. 1913, and 
to make it conform with the requirements of the new Street Opening Law was 
re-instituted on November 5th, 1915. The oaths of the Commissioners of Estimate 
and Assessment were filed on March 17th of the current year. 

I would recommend the adoption of a resolution providing for vesting title in 
the City on October 2nd, 1916, to the land needed for Ziegler Avenue from Alice 
Street to the southerly side of State Street. Respectfullv, 

NELSON P. LEVVIS, Chief Engineer. 

The following was offered : 

Wlicreas. The I^.oard of Estimate and Apportionment on the 5th day of Novem- 
ber, 1915, adopted a resolution requesting the Corporation Counsel to institute pro- 
ceedings to acquire title in fee wherever the same has not heretofore been acquired, 
for the use of the public, to the real ])roperty required for the opening and extend- 
ing of Ziegler .Avenue, from Bayreuth Street to W'illets Point Road, excluding the 
right of way of the Long Island Railroad in the Borough of Queens, City of New 
York ; and 

Whereas, Commissioners of Estimate and Assessment have been appointed by 
the Supreme Court in the proceedings to acquire title to said real property, and the 
oaths of the said Commissioners of Estimate and .Assessment were duly filed as 
required by law on the 17th day of March, 1916; be it 

Resolved. That the Board of Estimate and .Apportionment deeming it for the pubii! 
interest and in pursuance of the provisions of section 976 of the Greater New York 
Charter, as amended, directs that upon the 2nd day of October, 1916, the title in fee 
to the real property lying within the lines of said Ziegler .Avenue, from .Alice .Street 
to the southerly side of State Street, in the Borough of Queens, City of New A'ork, 
so required, shall become vested in The City of New York. 

Which was adopted i)y the following vote : 

AfTirmative — The Mayor, tlie Comptroller, the President of the Bo.'ird of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan and the Presidents of 
the Boroughs of Brooklvn. The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 

Maywood (Beaver) Street, from the First Angle Point Hast of Carlisle Street 
to the Second Angle Point I-Iast of Carlisle Street. Borough of Queens — 
Discontinuing Proceeding for Acquiring Title (Cal. No. 46). 

The Secretarv prcsenteil the fcllnwing rejiort of tlie <_'hief Engineer: 
Report No. 16058. September 14, 1916. 

Hon. John Pirroy Mitchei- Mayor, Chairman of the Board of Estimate and Appor- 
tionment: 

Sir — .At the meeting of the Board of Estimate and .Apportionment held on ^laY 
1, 1913, a resolution was adopted institiiting proceedings for acquiring title to Maywood 
(Beaver) Street, from the first angle point cast of Carlisle Street to the second ancle 
point east of Carlisle Street. P..ir,,iuli m' Oiitii^s, and a^ reiiuired in order to make tiic 



September 29, 1916. 5412 

street system conform with the plans for carrying out the Jamaica-Woodside Im- 
provement of the Long Island Railroad. The rule and damage maps in this proceeding 
were approved on June 25, 1913, but action in the matter of appointing Commissioners 
was deferred to permit the Long Island Railroad Company to perfect its title to the 
land afifected by the proceeding, thus clearing the way for a direct cession to the City 
which would make the prc^eeding unnecessary. 

At the office of the Corporation Counsel I am now informed that the deeds 
presented by the Long Island Railroad Company have been accepted by the City and 
were recorded on June 7, 1916. I am also advised that an expense of $160.99 was 
incurred in the office of the Corporation Counsel and of $25.91 in the office of the 
Borough President, chargeable against this proceeding, the total amount of such 
expenses being $186.90. 

Under section 7 of the covenant of the Long Island Railroad (page 2099, Minutes 
of June 29. 1911), the Company agrees "to compensate the City for any expense 
which the latter may incur in acquiring title to land required for new portion of 
Beaver Street, Jamaica, where it is hereinafter proposed to change the lines of said 
street at the first angle point east of Church Street." 

In view of the fact that title to the land affected by the proceeding has been 
acquired, 1 would recommend that the resolution of May 1, 1913, under which the 
proceeding was instituted, be rescinded. 

I would also recommend that the attention of the Long Island Railroad Com- 
pany be called to the provisions of the contract already cited, and that the Company 
be requested to make payment to the Citv to the amount of $186.90 to liquidate the 
obligation. Respectfully. XELSON P. LEWIS, Chief Engineer. 

TTie following resolution was offered : 

Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, in pursuance of the 
provisions of the Greater New York Charter, as amended, deeming it for the public 
<nterest so to do, hereby discontinues the proceeding authorized by said Board on May 
1st. 1913, for acquiring title to May wood Avenue (Beaver Street), from the first angle 
point east of Carlisle (Church) Street to the second angle point east of Carlisle 
Street, Borough of Queens; and be it further 

Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment hereby rescinds the 
resolution adopted by said Board on May 1st, 1913, for acquiring title to Maywood 
.A.vi;nue (Beaver Street), from the first angle point east of Carlisle (Church) Street 
to the second angle point east of Carlisle Street, Borough of Queens. 

Which was adopted by the following vote : 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan and the Presidents of 
the Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 

The Secretary was directed to request the Long Island Railroad Company to make 
payment to the City in the sum of $186.90, in accordance with the recommendation of 
the Chief Engineer. 

Long Island Railroad Company — Elimination of Grade Crossings at Edgemere, 
Borough of Queens (Cal. No. 47). 

The Secretary presented a communication dated September 20, 1916, from the 
Secretary to the President of the Borough of Queens transmitting petition of prop- 
erty owners, relative to elimination of grade crossings of the Long Island Railroad 
througli Rockaway Beach, requesting that the said Railroad Company operate its 
road upon an elevated open steel structure and acquire its right-of-way from Far 
Rockaway Boulevard to Fifth Avenue, Rockaway Park, etc., a communication dated 
September 20, 1916, from the Corporation Counsel relative to the proposed elimina- 
tion of grade crossings, reviewing briefly the several plans submitted to the Public 
Service Commission and advising the Board that if it will make any recommenda- 
tions as to the manner of carrying out the work he will see that they are properH 
presented to the said Commission: and a report (No. 16098) of the Chief Engineer 
suggesting tiiat the Board advise the Public Service Commission that in its judgment 
the original plan of an earth emliankment should be carried out or the proceeding 
should be entirely abandoned, in which event the Public Service Commission might be 
requested to consider the practicability of eliminating the crossing at Rockaway Boule- 
vard as a separate improvement. 

L. J. Carruthcrs, representing the Long Island Railroad Company, appeared and 
addressed the Board. 

The matter was laid oyer one week (October 6. 1916) and the Secretary 
directed to request the Public Service Commission and the Corporation Counsel to 
be represented at the meeting. 



5413 September 29. 1916. 

Bureau of Contract Supervision. 

President, Borough of Richmond— Modification of Schedule (Cal. No. 48). 

(Uii June J. 1910 (Lix\. Xu. 78), the Board authorized an issue of $1,5U0 special 
revenue bonds in this matter.) 

The Secretary presented the following report of the Bureau of Contract Su- 
pervision : 

September 25, 1916. 
To the Board of Estimate and Apportionment: 

Gentlemen— On September 16, 1916, you referred to the Bureau of Contract 
Supervision a communication from the President of the Borough of Richmond, 
which included a request for the approval of an expenditure of $064 for materials 
required for the repair or construction of a highway culvert by the employees of 
the Bureau of Sewers on Richmond Turnpike, west of Ontario avenue, Borough of 
Richmond. 

On June 2, 1916. your Board approved the issue of $1,500 in special revenue 
bonds for the repair of this culvert. The lowest bid received for the work is so 
excessive that the President believes it more economical to do the work by depart- 
mental labor and materials. The need for the work is very urgent. 

The items of materials to be purchased have been checked and are in accord- 
ance with needs; the prices to be paid are reasonable. The Bureau of Standards 
has recommended the approval of the additional necessary personal service. 

I recommend the adoption of the attached resolution, which will schedule the 
jum of $664 under Code 786, Sewer Materials, which will grant the request. 

Respectfully, TILDEN ADAMSON, Director. 

The following resolution was offered : 

Resolved. That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment hereby approves of 
the schedule, as revised, for the office of the President of the Borough of Richmond 
for the year 1916, as follows : 

Materials. 
786 Sewer Materials $1.729 00 

Tax Levy Allowance $1,065 00 

Special Revenue Bond Allowance 664 00 

Total Allowance $1,729 00 

Which was adopted by the following vote : 

AflFirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Al- 
dermen, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan and the Presidents of 
the Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond— 16. 

President, Borough of Richmond — Authority to Expend Unencumbered Cor- 
porate Stock Balance (Cal. No. 49). 

The Secretary presented a communication dated June .SO, 1916. from the Commis- 
sioner of Public Works. Borough of Richmond, requesting authority to expend un 
encumbered balances of corporate stock to be used for the purchase of two motor 
trucks ; and the following report of the Bureau of Contract Supervision relative 
thereto : 

September 26. 1916. 
To the Board of Estimate and Apportionment: 

Gentlemen — On July 5. 1916. you referred to the Bureau of Contract Supervision 
a request of the Commissioner of Public Works of the Borough of Richmond for 
permission to expend the unencumbered balance of the corporate stock fund, entitled 
"C. P. R. 7, Street Cleaning, New Stock or Plant. Borough of Richmond." for two 
motor trucks for the betterment of the refuse collection and clinker removal service 
of the Bureau of Street Cleaning. 

The last appropriation for the fund C. P. R. 7 was in the sum of $15,000 and was 
approved by the Board of Estimate and .Apportionment on July 17. 1911. and by the 
Board of Aldermen on Julv 25, 1911. There remains an unencumbered balance of 
$8,789.41 in the fund. 

The trucks are desired for the purpose of making roads in the swampy portions 
of the Borough of Richmond by carting the clinker or ashes from the refuse disposal 
plants at Gifton and West New Brighton. Some of these roads will be at a distance 
of five or six miles from the refuse destructor nearest to them. The trucks should 
be of five ton capacitv and the Borough President states that he desires to apply to 
the Board of Alderrncn for permission to buy them without public letting, as he 
wishes to select trucks of a manufacture he believes to be reliable. 



SeptcmhcT 29. 1916. 5414 

The highest grades of trucks on the market of five ton capacity equipped with 
steel bodies and hydraulic dumping' apparatus cost approximately $5,000 each. The 
unencumbered balance in the fund is insutlicient to l)uy two of these trucks, but 
would be sufficient to purchase two of a cheaper grade of truck. 

It is not certain that two trucks are needed for the purpose requested. The 
Bureau of Street Cleaning of Richmond Borough has lately received from the Depart- 
ment of Street Cleaning, Manliattan, a five-ton electric truck, which was loaned to the 
Manhattan Department in 1915. It has therefore one more five-ton truck now than 
it has had for the past year, and this truck is able to economically handle any short 
haul work which may be necessary. 

A new five-ton gasoline truck will be necessary for the longer or steeper hauls. 
Study in connection with the Budget may show that two additional trucks are neces- 
sary on account of increase in this kind of street cleaning work, but at the present 
time I recommend that permission to purchase only one truck be granted. 

The ashes from the incinerators has, in the past, been dumped on private prop- 
erty adjacent to the incinerators. Considerable low unfilled ground still remains in 
the vicinity of the West New Brighton Incinerator, but the Borough President be- 
lieves that the use of the material in road building is more advantageous to the City. 

I recommend the adoption of the attached resolution granting the President of 
the Borough of Richmond permission to purchase one five-ton motor truck with 
dumping body from the unencumbered balance in the fimd C. P. R. 7, the plans, 
specifications and estimates of cost for such truck to be submitted to the Board of 
Estimate and Apportionment for approval before purchase or advertising for bids 
thereon. Respectfully, TILDEN ADAMSON, Director. 

The following resolution was offered : 

Resolved. Tiiat the Board of Estimate and Appuriiunmcnt. pursuant to its rcsc'lu- 
tion of July 11. 1912, hereby grants permission to the President of the Borough of 
Richmond to purchase one five-ton motor truck with dumping body for the use of 
the Bureau of Street Cleaning, ISorough of Richmond, to be charged to the corporate 
stock fund entitled "C. P. R. — 7, Street Cleaning, New Stock or Plant, Borough of 
Richmond": the plans, specifications and estimate of cost of sucli truck to be sub- 
mitted to the Board of Estimate and .^Apportionment for approval prior to purchase 
or arlvcrtising for or obtaining l)ids for the same. 

Which was adopted by the following vote: 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Al- 
dermen, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan and the Presidents of 
the Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — ^16. 



Department of Public Charities — Approval of Amended Estimate of Cost 

(Cal. No. 50). 

(On May 12, 1916 (Cal. No. 74), the Board approved the estimate of cost for 
this work at $2,230.) 

The Secretary presented a communication, dated August 5, 1916, from the Third 
Deputy Commissioner of Public Charities, requesting approval of an amended esti- 
mate of cost in the sum of $2,800 for installing a heating system at the City Hos- 
pital, Blackwell's Island; and the following report of the Bureau of Contract Super- 
vision recommending approval thereof : 

September 26, 1916. 
To the Board of Estimate and Apf'ortioument: 

Gentlemen — On .August 8, 1916, you referred to the Bureau of Contract Super- 
vision a communication from the Department of Public Charities, dated .August 5, 
1916, requesting approval of the increased estimate of cost, $2,800 for installing a new 
heating system in the Pathological Laboratory and in the two toilet towers, and mak- 
ing alterations to the heating system in the Solarium of the Main Building at the 
City Hospital. Blackwell's Island, plans and specifications for which were approved 
by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment on May 12. 1916. 

The cost is to be charged to Code "R. C. H. — 41 Q, Deficiency in Budget Item 1972, 
1916." in which there is sufficient imencumbered lialance. 

Birls for this work wore received bv the Commissioner of Public Charities on 
June 13, 1916, as follows: $2,015, $2,897, $3,084, $3,427, $3,573 and $3,717. 

The lowest bidder refused to execute the contract and the wo'rk was readvertised 
and bids received on July 21. 1916. 

The lowest bid received was $2,800. which is $97 less than the next lowest bid 
received on the first opening of bids on June 13. 1^16. 

As it is evident from the above bids that nothing will be gained by readvertising, 
this increased estimate of cost, $2,800, should be allowed. 

I reco'mmend the adoption of the attached resolution eranting the request. 

Respectfully. TILDEN ADAMSON, Director. 



5415 September 29, 1916. 

The following resolution was offered : 

Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment hereby approves of the 
increased estimate of cost in the sum of tit'cnty-ciyht hundred dollars ($2,800; for 
installing a new heating system in the Patliological Laboratory and in the two toilet 
towers, and making alterations to tlie heating system in the Solarium of the Main 
Building at the City Hospital. Blackweli's Island, under the jurisdiction of the De- 
partment of Public Charities; to be charged to Code "R. C. H. — 41Q, Deficiencies in 
Budget Item 1972—1916." 

Whicli was adopted by the following vote : 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan, and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 

Department of Public Charities — Approval of Award of Contracts (Cal. No. 

51). 

The Secretary presented a communication dated September 13, 1916, from the 
Third Deputy and Acting Commissioner of Public Charities requesting approval of 
the award of contracts for general repairs in the City Hospital and City Home Dis- 
tricts, Blackwells Island, at a total estimated cost of $55,412; and the following report 
"f the Bureau of Contract Supervision recommending approval thereof: 

September 22, 1916. 
/ o the Board of Estimate and Apportionment: 

Gentlemen — On September 14, 1916. you referred to the Bureau of Contract 
Supervision two communications from the Department of Public Charities, dated 
September 13. 1916. asking permission to award contracts for which bids were re- 
ceived on September 12, 1916, as follows: 

1. For general repairs in the Citv Hospital District, Blackwells Island, $17,864. 

2. For general repairs in the City Home District, Blackwells Island, $37,548. 
The Budget allowances for general repairs in these institutions during the year 

1916, are as follows : 

City Hospital $27,805 00 

Citv Home 30.539 00 

Parts of these allotments have been expended for emergency repairs and other 
necessary work not apparent at the time the budget was made. 

While tiicre is an unenucumbred balance of $85,164.18 in Code 1972, General Re- 
pairs, there is not a sufficient balance in the allotments for the two hospitals to 
meet the requirements of these contracts. It is therefore necessary under the rules 
governing the budget for 1916 that your Board approve these expenditures before 
the contracts are let. 

The work contemplated consists mainly of repairs to the plumbing and Iieating, 
and to the floors and roofs of fifty-four buildings. Most of these repairs were con- 
sidered urgent at the time the budget was made. 

The amount of the bifis is higher than was estimated at the time the funds were 
appropriated due principally to two causes : 

First — Because of the length of time consumed in preparing specifications and 
advertising for bids, during which time there has been a considerable increase in the 
■price of labor and materials. 

Second — Because of additional work specified, that was not recommended at the 
time the budget allowance was made. 

A recent examination indicates that it is advisable to do all of the specified work 
at this time as further deterioration has occurred since the examination made last 
year. 

Tlie low bids received for the work appear reasonable. There were two bids on 
each contract. The difference between the two received for the work at the City 
Home is $14,000; while the fliflfcrence between the two for City Hospital is $23,000. 

It is urgently necessary that the repairs contemplated be made before the winter 
months. 

I therefore recommend that the request be granted. 

Respectfully. TILDFX ADAMSON, Director. 

The following resolution was offered : 

Resolved. That the Board of Estimate and .Apportionment hereby approves of the 
award of contracts for furnishing all the labor and materials required for repairs 
and replacements to Ruildintrs fn Blackwells Island, under the jurisdiction of the 
Department of Public Charities, as follows: 

For work in the Citv Home District $37,548 00 

For work in the City Hospital District 17.864 00 

— the cost to be paid from the 1916 budgetary appropriatirtti "Contract or Open Order 
Service, Code 1972. General Repairs." 



September 29, 1916. 5416 

Which was adopted by the following vote : 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan, and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 

Department of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity — Expenditure of Corporate 
Stock Funds by Open Market Orders (Cal. No. 52). 

The Secretary presented communications dated August 11 and 28. 1916, respectively, 
from the Commissioner of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity, requesting authority to 
expend $600 corporate stock funds by open market order for repairs to engines at 
98th Street Pumping Station. Manhattan, and the Springfield Pumping Station, Long 
Island, and tlie following report of the Bureau of Contract Supervision recommending 
approval thereof : 

September 20, 1916. 
To the Board of Estimate and Appoitioiiiiciit: 

Gentlemen — On August 22nd and 31st, 1916, the Comptroller referred to the 
Bureau of Contract Supervision two communications from the Commissioner of Water 
Supply, Gas and Electricity, dated August 11th and 28th, 1916, requesting permission to 
make expenditures under open market orders for work as follows : 

$275 for furnisliing and installing a new plunger in water and of No. 1 Engine 
at the 98th Street Pumping Station, Manhattan. 

$325 for removing present water piston from Davidson Pumping Engine No. 1031, 
and furnisliing and installing one new cast iron leather packed piston, Springfield 
Pumiting Station, Long Island. 

The cost of both orders is to be charged against the 1916 budget account "2224TW," 
in wliich there is sufficient balance for the purpose. 

The new plunger for the 98th Street Pumping Station engine is to replace one 
which is not worn out. but which, owing to poor design, the Department wishes in 
the interest of safety to replace with a new type of stronger design. The old plunger 
will be kept in reserve for emergency use. The estimate of cost is reasonable. 

The replacing of the piston in the Davidson engine in Springfield Pumping Station 
is necessary because the present piston is badly worn and the efficiency of the pump 
considerably reduced. In view of the present need of all available water in Brooklyn, 
and since this station will run at least three months in 1917, the requested repairs 
should be allowed. Two bids, $325 and $475, have been received for this work, the 
low bid being a reasonable price. 

I recommend the adoption of the attached resolution approving the requests. 

Respectfully, _ TILDEN ADAMSON, Director. 

The following resolution was offered : 

Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, pursuant to its resolu- 
tion of July 11, 1912, and subject to the provisions of section 419 of the Greater New 
York Cliarter, hereby approves of expenditures under open market orders as follows: 
Two hundred and seventy-five dollars ($275) for furnishing and installing a 

new plunger in Engine No. 1 at the 98th street Pumping Station, Manhattan. 

Three hundred and twenty-five dollars ($325) for removing present water 

piston and furnishing and installing a new piston in the Davidson pumping engine 

at Springfield Pumping Station, Long Island. 
— both contracts to be charged to the 1916 budget account entitled "2244TW, Contract 
or Open Order Service, General Repairs." 

Which was adopted by the following vote : 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of IManhattan, and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 



Department of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity — Authority to Issue Open 
Market Orders (Cal. No. 53). 

The Secretary presented communications dated September 16 and 18, 1916, 
respectively, from the Commissioner of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity requesting 
authority to issue open market orders for changing taps in water mains at 24th Street, 
between Broadway and 6th Avenue, and at 55th Street, between 7th and 8th Avenues, 
Borough of Manhattan; and the following report of the Bureau of Contract Super- 
vision recommending approval thereof : 

September 26, 1916. 
To the Board of Estimate and Apportionment: 

Gentlemen — On September 19, 1916, you referred to the Bureau of Contract 
Supervision two communications from the Commissioner of Water Supply, Gas and 
Electricity, dated September 16 and 18, 1916, requesting permission to issue open 
market orders for work as follows : 



5417 September 29, 1916. 

$662.93 for changing taps from a six-inch to a twelve-inch water main in 24th 
street, between Lruaaway and 6tli avenue, Manliattan. 

$611.50 for changing taps from a six-inch t(/ a twelve-inch water main in 55th 
street, between 7th and 8th avenues, Manhattan. 

The cost of both contracts is to be charged against the corporate stock fund 
"C. D. W . — 13 F," in whicli there is sufficient balance for these expenditures. 

The twelve-inch mains were laid several years ago and have served to improve 
the distribution system and increase the hre protectic/n. but the house service taps 
were left on the existing six-inch mains. The Department has been notified that 
the streets are to be repaved and proposes to make the transfer of all existing taps 
in advance of the paving. 

Tlie estimates of cost are higher than usual, but are the lowest of five bids re- 
ceived by the Department, and are probably as low as can be obtained under present 
market and labor conditions. 

I recommend the adoption of the attached resolution approving the request. 

Respectfully, TILDEN AD.\MSOX, Director. 

The following resolution was offered : 

Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, pursuant to its resolu- 
tion of July 11, 1912, and subject to the provisions of section 419 of the Greater New 
York Ciiarter, hereby grants permission to the Commissioner of Water Supply, Gas 
and Electricity to make expenditures under open market orders as follows : 

Six hundred sixty-two dollars and ninety-three cents ($662.93) for changing 

all existing taps from a six-inch to a twelve-inch water main in West 24th street 

between Broadway and 6th avenue, Manliattan. 

Six hundred eleven dollars and fifty cents ($611.50) for changing all existmg 

taps from a six-inch to a twelve-inch water main in West 55th street between 7th 

and 8th avenues, Manhattan. 
— both contracts to be charged to the corporate stock fund entitled "C. D. W., 13 F, 
Water Fund, Boroughs of Manhattan and The Bronx, Additional Small Distribution 
Mains." 

Which was adopted by the following vote : 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bron.x, Queens and Richmond — 16. 



Department of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity — Expenditure of Corporate 
Stock Funds by Open Market Orders (Cal. No. 54). 

The Secretary presented communications dated August lo ami 18, 1916, respec- 
tively, from the Commissioner of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity requesting 
authority to expend Corporate Stock Funds by open market orders for laying pipe 
and appurtenances in West 134th Street, from 12th .Avenue to the bulkhead line. Bor- 
ough of Manhattan, and for repairs to brick chimney at New Springville Pumping 
Station, Borough of Richmond; and the following report of the Bureau of Contract 
Supervision relative thereto : 

September 25, 1916. 
To tin- Board of listiiiiatc and .IpportioiDncnt : 

Gentlemen — On August 19, 1916, and on .August 22, 1916, the Department of 
Finance referred to the Bureau of Contract Supervision two conmiunications from 
the Commissioner of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity, dated .\ugust 16, 1916, and 
August 18, 1916, requesting permission to make expenditures under open market orders 
for wnrk as follows : 

$384.16. for laving about 280 feet of six-inch pipe and appurtenances in West 
134tli street, from 12th avenue to the bulkhead line. Manhattan, the cost to be charged 
against the corporate stock fund "C. D. W. — 13F." 

$302, for repairs to brick chimney at New Springville Pumping Station. Borough 
of Richmond, the cost to be charged against the 1916 budget acc<iunt "2244TW." 

There are sufficient balances in the fu-.ids "C. D. W. — 13F" and "2244TW" to 
provide for these expenditures. 

The work in 134th street is to furnish a water supply and fire protection to a coal 
company and a street cleaning dump. There is sc/me question as to the right of the 
New York Central Railroad Company to give or withhold permission to cross under 
its tracks and the approval of this work is therefore subject to a decision by the Cor- 
poration Counsel, who has the matter under consideration. The estimate of cost is 
the lowest of four bids for the work and is reasonable. 

The work at the New Springville Pumping Station. Richmond, is to repair the 
brick smoke stack which was recently struck by lightning. The stone coping of the 



September 29, 1916. 5418 

chimney was thrown off and the chimney cracked and bricks loosened from the roof 
of the building to the top of the stack. The estimate of cost is the lowest of four 
bids received tor the work and is reasonable. 

1 recommend the 'adoption of the attached resolution approving the request for 
the work at the New Springville Pumping Station and also approving the work at 
134th street, Manhattan, subject to tiie approval of the Corporation Counsel. 
Respectfully, TILDEN ADAMSON, Director. 

The following resolution was offered : 

Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, pursuant to its resolu- 
tion of July 11, 1912, and subject to the provisions of section 419 of the Greater New 
York Qiarter, hereby grants permission to the Commissioner of Water Supply, Gas 
and Electricity to make expenditures under open market orders, as follows : 

Three hundred eighty-four dollars and sixteen cents ($384.16) for laying a 
six-inch water main and appurtenances in West 134th street, from 12th avenue to 
the bulkhead line, Manhattan, to be charged to the corporate stock fund entitled 
"C. D. W. 13F, Water Fund, Boroughs of Manhattan and The Bronx, Additional 
Small Distribution Mains," this approval to be subject to the decision of the Cor- 
poration Counsel as to the right of the City to cross under the tracks of the New 
York Central Railroad Company. 

Three hundred two dollars ($302) for repairs to brick smoke stack at the 
New Springville Pumping Station, Borough of Richmond, to be charged to the 
1916 budget account "2244 T. W., Contract or Open Order Service, General Re- 
pairs." 

\\ liich was adopted by the following vote: 

Affirmative — The Alayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 



Department of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity — Authority to Issue Open 
Market Order (Cal. No. 55). 

The Secretary presented a communication dated September 12, 1916, from the 
Deputy and Acting Commissioner of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity, requesting 
authority to issue open market order in the sum of $2,100 for furnishing labor, ma- 
terials, etc., in removing and replacing furnaces and tubes at the Mt. Prospect Pump- 
ing Station, Borough of Brooklyn ; and the following report of the Bureau of Con- 
tract Supervision recommending approval thereof: 

September 26, 1916. 
To the Board of Estimate and Apportionment: 

Gentlemen — On September 13, 1916, you referred to the Bureau of Contract 
Supervision a communication from the Commissioner of Water Supply, Gas and 
Electricity, dated September 12, 1916, requesting permission to issue an open market 
order for $2,100 for furnishing all labor and materials to remove two corrugated 
steel furnaces and 52 tubes in Boiler No. 3, at Mt. Prospect Pumping Station, Brook- 
lyn, and installing in place thereof two new furnaces and new tubes, the cost to be 
charged against the 1916 l)udget account "2244TW," in which there is sufficient 
balance for this expenditure. 

These furnaces are badly eaten away in places and have already been plugged 
several times, and in as much as the pumping station will continue in operation for 
several months of 1917, it is necessary to make the proposed repairs. 

The Department has received three bids for the work, the lowest being $2,100, and 
the highest $2,850. The low bid is a fair price for the work. 

I recommend the adoption of the attached resolution approving the request, sub- 
ject to the provision of section 419 of the Greater New York Charter. 

Respectfully, TILDEN ADAMSON, Director. 

The following resolution was offered : 

Resolved. That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, pursuant to its reso- 
lution of July 11, 1912, and subject to the provisions of section 419 of tht Greater 
New York Charter, hereby grants permission to the Commissioner of Water Supply, 
Gas and Electricity to make an expenditure, under open market order, of two thou- 
sand one hundred dollars ($2,100) for furnishing all lalior and materials to remove 
two corrugated steel furnaces and fifty-two tubes in Boiler No. 3 at the Mt. Prospect 
Pumping Station, Brooklyn, and installing in place thereof new furnaces and tubes ; 
to be charged to the 1916 budget account "2244TW, Contract or Open Order Service, 
General Repairs." 

Which was adopted by the following vote : 



5419 September 29. 1916. 

Aftirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, tiic President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 



Department of Water Supply, Oas and Electricity — Expenditure of Corporate 
Stock Funds by Open Market Order (Cal. No. 56). 

The Secretary presented conimunioation dated Septemlier 15, 1916, from the 
Deputy and Acting Commissioner of- Water Supply, Gas and Electricity requesting 
authority to e.xpcnd $1,()U0 corporate stock funds by open market order for laying 
pavement on sidewalks of Sixth .\venue, from 4Cth Street to 297 feet northerly, 
therefrom, Borougli of Manhattan, and making excavation and refdi for water main in 
Grand Boulevard and Concourse, Borough of The Bronx; and the following report 
of the Bureau of Contract Supervision relative thereto : 

September 26, 1916. 
To the Board of Estimate and Apportionment: 

Gentlemen — On September 18, 1916. jou referred to the Bureau of Contract 
Supervision two communications from the Commissioner of Water Supply, Gas and 
Electricit}', dated September 15, 1916, requesting permission to make expenditures 
under open market orders as follows : 

$500 for laying asphalt pavement on concrete base on east sidewalk of Sixth 
avenue from 40th street to 297 feet north. Borough of Manhattan, the cost to be 
charged to corporate stock fund "C. D. W.^-43." 

$500 for making excavation and refill for a new water main in Grand Boulevard 
and Concourse from the north curb line of 199th street to 300 feet south. Borough 
of The Bronx, the cost to l)e charged to the corporate stock fund "C. D. W. — 19A." 

There are sufficient balances in funds "C. D. W. — 43" and "C. D. W. — 19A" to 
provide for these expenditures. 

The proposed work in Sixth avenue is part of the work of making connections 
to the Catskill aqueduct and is due to the fact that it was necessary to lay under 
the sidewalk a portion of a 20-inch main, which was originally planned to be located 
in the street. 

This has caused an excess over the amount of asphalt paving allowed under the 
contract, with a corresponding reduction in tlie street paving. 

The Department has received four bids for the work, the lowest being $464, 
which is reasonable. 

The work in Grand Boulevard and Concourse is to furnish a supply to a new 
five story apartment house. The Department will lay the main with stock on hand, 
and the excavation and refill are to be done by contract. 

The Department sent out for bids to several contractors and received two bids, 
the lowest being $500. This price is somewhat high, due to the scarcity and high 
cost of labor. 

I recommend the adoption of the attaclied resolution approving the request. 

Respectfully, TILDEN ADAMSON, Director. 

Tlie following resolution was offered : 

Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, pursuant to its resolu- 
tion of July 11, 1912. and subject to the provisions of section 419 of the Greater New 
York Charter, hereby grants permission to the Commissioner of Water Supply. Gas 
and Electricity to make expenditures under open market orders as follows: 

Four hundred and sixty-four dollars ($464) for laying an asphalt pavement on 
concrete base on east side of 6th avenue between 40th and 41st streets, Manlinttan, to 
be charged to the corporate stock fund entitled "C. D. W. — 43, Water Supply System, 
Connecting I^istribution Mains with Catskill Pressure Shafts." 

Five hundrefl dollars ($500) for making excavation and refill for a new water 
main in Grand P.oulevard and Concourse from the north curb line of 199th street to 
300 feet south. Borouch of The Bronx, to be charged to the corporate stock fund 
entitled "C. D. W. — 19.\. Water Mains in Grand Conmursc. from 161st Street to \'an 
Cortlandt .\vcnue. Borough of Tlie Bronx." 

Which was adonted by the following vote: 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the I'rcsiflciit f>f tlie Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan and the Presidents of the 
Borouehs of Brooklyn. The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 1^. 



Department of Education — Approval of Plans, Specifications, Etc. (Cal. No 

57). 

The Secretary presented communications dated September IS. 19 and 21, 1916, 
from the Board of Education, requesting approval of plans, specifications, etc., for 



September 29, 1916. 5420 

improvements to public schools in the Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx and Queens; 
and the following report of the I>ureau of Contract Supervision recommending 
approval thereof : 

September 26, 1916. 
To the Board of Jist{)iiatc and Apportionment : 

Gentlemen — Communications from the Board of Education requesting approval 
of specifications, plans and estimates of cost for various purposes, chargeable to cor- 
porate stock funds, were referred by you to the Bureau of Contract Supervision as 
follows : 

Estimated Account to Be 
Date of Request and Purpose. Cost. Charged to. 

September 18. 1916— 

(1) For new flooring at Public School 72, Borough 

of Brooklyn $500 00 "C. D K.— 143" 

(2) For wire screens for Public School 36, Bor- 

ough of Brooklyn 250 00 "C. D. E.— 120R" 

(3) I*"or gas fitting and electric work at Public 

Schools, Borough of Brooklvn, as follows : 

Public School 87 ' 375 00 "C. D. E.— 9A" 

Pulilic School 113 350 00 "C. D. K— 9A" 

Public School 118 400 00 "C. D. E.— 9A" 

September 19, 1916— 

(4) For enlarging platform at Public School 44, 

Borough of The Bronx 225 00 "C. D. E.— 145" 

(5) For fire protection work at Public School 36. 

Borough of Queens 560 00 "C. D. E.— 9A" 

September 21, 1916— 

(6) For alterations to the heating apparatus in Public 

School 29. Borough of the Bronx 800 00 "C. D. E.- 9A" 

The facts in relation to these items are as follows : 

(1) A.t Public School 72, Borough of Brooklyn, which is being altered so as to 
prepare it for the duplicate school plan, a gymnasium is to be formed of four class- 
rooms in the first floor, by the removal of partitions. It is necessary to lay a new- 
top flooring of maple over the existing floors, which are in poor condition. 

This building was included in the list of schools for which an appropriation of 
$388,675 was approved by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment on .May 19, 1916. 

(2) At Pulilic School 36, Borough of Brooklyn, wire screens are to be installed 
on warm air and vent duct openings in certain rooms of the new addition recently 
erected. These screens were omitted from the contract for the installation of heating 
and ventilating apparatus becau'^e of the insuft'iciency of funds at that time. An 
additional appropriation of $2,461.38 was approved by the Board of Estimate and 
.Apportionment on July 27, 1916, in order to complete the unfinished items on this 
building. 

(3) At Public Schools 87, 113 and 118, Borough of Brooklyn, it is proposed to 
make alterations to gas piping and electric work rendered necessary by the alterations 
for fire protection work, which are bemg made under other contracts. The specifi- 
cations and plans have been approved by the Department of Water Supply, Gas and 
Electricity. 

(4) At Public School 44, Borough of The Bronx, it is proposed to make altera- 
tions to the auditorium platform and erect bulletin boards, which are required for the 
operation of the duplicate school plan. The cost of alterations at this building was 
included in the appropriation of $148,626 approved by your Board on May 19, 1916. 

(5) At Public School 36, Borough of Queens, new kalamein doors and trim are to 
be installed, a new fireproof storeroom for janitorial supplies is to be constructed, 
and the wood wainscot in corridor and halls is to be covered with metal. These im- 
provements are necessary to comply with the approved rules and regulations for fire 
protection. 

(6) At Public School 29, Borough of The Bronx, it is proposed to remove the 
steam return lines at the southerly part of the building from the wood casings on 
the basement floor and place them in the upper part of the basement story. This 
will also provide additional space for coal storage, which is rendered necessary by 
fire protection work to be performed in other parts of the cellar. The heating coils 
in wardrobes now in halls are to be removed because the wardrobes are to be removed 
under another contract. Radiators in the halls are to be altered so as to remove 
obstructions in the passages. 



5421 September 29, 1916. 

The specifications and plans for all the above items arc satisiactory. 'llic esti- 
mates of cost are reasonable. 

The costs are properly chargeable to the funds mentioned. 

There are sufficient balances in the respective funds to pay the costs of these 
items. 

1 recommend the adoption of the attached resolution granting the requests 

Respectfully. TILDEN AUA.MSOX, Director. 

The following resolution was offered : 

Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, pursuant to its 

resolution of July 11, 1912, hereby approves the plans, specifications and estimates of 

cost for the following work under the jurisdiction of the Department of Education. 

New flooring in gymnasium at Public School 12, Borough of Brooklyn, 

estimated cost, five hundred dollars ($500), to be charged to the corporate stock 

fund entitled "C.D.E-143, School Buildings, Borough of Brooklyn, Alteration 

and Equipment of Specified Schools." 

Wire screens for Public School 36, Borough of Brooklyn, estimated cost, two 

hundred and fifty dollars ($250), to be charged to the corporate stock fund 

entitled "C.D.E., 120-R, School Buildings, Construction and Equipment, Brooklyn, 

Sub-title 16." 

Gas fitting and electric work at Public Schools 87, 113 and 118, Borough of 

Brooklyn, estimated costs as follows : 

Public School 87, three hundred and seventy-five dollars ($375). 
Public School 113, three hundred and fifty dollars ($350). 
Public School 118, four hundred dollars ($400). 
— to be charged to the corporate stock fund entitled "C.D.E. 9-.-\, School Building 
Fund. All Boroughs, Providing Fire Protection." 

Enlarging platform at Public School 44, Borough of The Bronx, estimated cost, 
two hundred and twenty-five dollars ($225) to be charged to the corporate .stock 
fund entitled "C.D.E. 145, School Buildings, Borough of The Bronx, Alteration and 
Equipment of Specified Schools." 

Fire protection work at Public School 36, Queens, estimated cost five hundred 
and sixty dollars ($560), and 

Alterations to the heating apparatus in Public School 29, Borough of The Bronx, 
estimated cost, eight hundred dollars ($800), to be charged to fund entitled "C.D.E. 
9-A, School Building Fund. W\ Boroughs, Providing Fire Protection."' 

Which was adopted by the following vote: 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of .\lder- 
men, the .Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan and the Presidents of 
the Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 



Department of Education — Approval of Specifications, Etc. (Cal. No. 58). 

'Ilic .Secretary presented a cuiimuiiiicatiiin d.ited .September 13. 1*^16. friim the 
Board of Education, requesting apprf)val of specifications, etc.. for equipment of 
Public School No. 43, Borough of The Bronx, at a total estimated cost of $1,325; and 
the following report of the I'ureau of Contract .Supervision recommending approval 
thereof : 

September 25, 1916. 
To the Board of Estimate and Apportionment: 

Gentlemen — On September 15, 1916, you referred to the Bureau of Contract 
Supervision a communication from the Board of Education, dated September 13, 
1916, requesting approval of specifications and estimates of cost for the following 
equipment at Pul)lic School 43, Borough of The Bronx : 

Estimated 
Cost. 

Marble tops for cooking benches $2.^0 00 

Workshop equipment (^~> ^ 

Drawing tables and miscellaneous equipment 450 00 

The cost is to be chargcfl to the corporate stock fund entitled. "C.D.E. -145. 
School P.uildines. Borough of The Bronx. .\Itcration and Equipment of Specified 
Schools," in which there is a sufficient balance to pav the cost of this equipment. 

Marble fops are to be provided for the cooking benches furnished under another 
contract. The workshop is to be equipped for advanced woodworking. The speci- 
fications call for ten work benches, one key cabinet, three shop closets, one lumber 
rack, one glue and staining case and two fire pails. 

For the drawing rooms there are to be furnished 40 drawing tables. 40 drawing 
boards and one supply case. 



September 29, 1916. 5422 

The specifications are satisfactory and the estimates of cost are reasonable. 

The equipment is necessary to equip these rooms for the organization of the 
duplicate school plan. 

I recommend the adoption of the attached resolution granting the request. 

Respectfully, TILDEN ADAMSON, Director. 

The following resolution was offered : 

Resolved, That llie Board of Estimate and Apportionment, pursuant to its resolu- 
tion of July 11. 1912, hereby approves the specifications and estimates of cost for 
equipment for Public School 43, Borough of The Bronx, under the jurisdiction of the 
Department of Education, as follows : 

Marble tops for cooking benches, estimated cost two hundred and fifty dollars 

($250). 

Workshop equipment, estimated cost six lumdrcd and twenty-five dollars 

($625). 

Drawing tables and miscellaneous equipment, estimated cost four hundred 

and fifty dollars ($450). 
— the cost to be charged to the corporate stock fund entitled "C. D. E. — 145, School 
Buildings. Borough of The Bronx, Alteration and Equipment of Specified Schools." 

Which was adopted by the following vote: 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, Queens and Richmond — 15. 

Negative — The President of the Borough of The Bronx — 1. 



Bureau of Records and Minutes. 

Board of Estimate and Apportionment — Approved Papers on Changes in the 

City Map (Cal. No. 59). 

The following report of the Secretary was ordered printed in the Minutes and 
filed: 

September 27, 1916. 
To the Board of Estimate and Apportionment : 

Gentlemen — I beg to inform you that on September 26, 1916, his Honor the Mayor 
approved the resolutions adopted by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment on 
September 15, 1916, changing the map or plan of The City of New York as follows: 

416 — By laying out an addition to the Dyckman House Park, Borough of Man- 
hattan. 

417 — By changing the grades of South 10th Street, from Kent Avenue to the 
United States Bulkhead Line of the East River, Borough of Brooklyn. 

419 — By changing the southerly line of East 161st Street between Sheridan Ave- 
nue and a point aliout 100 feet easterly therefrom. Borough of The Bronx. 

420 — By laying out an addition to Rainey Park, Borough of Queens. 

421 — By changing the lines and grades of Castleton Avenue between Woodstock 
Avenue and Webster Avenue, Borough of Richmond. 

Respectfully, JOSEPH HAAG, Secretary. 



From City, Borough and County Officials. 

President, Borough of Brooklyn — Acquiring Title to Coney Island Drainage 

Canal (Cal. No. 60). 

The Secretary presented a report, dated September 25. 1916, from the Acting 
Corporation Counsel relative to the application made 'ny William B. Lake to compel 
fhe City to advance the proceeding for the acquisition of title to a drainage ditch 
or canal between Canal .Vvcnue North and Canal Avenue .South, and extending from 
Gravescnd Bay to Shcepshead Bay and between West 10th and West 11th streets, 
extending from Canal .A.venue North to Avenue V. in the Borough of Brooklyn, and 
advising that after hearing the President of the Borough of Brooklyn, the motion 
made to the Supreme Court on the 29th dav of June, 1916, for an adiournment of the 
argument was refused, and the Court made an order directing the City, on or before 
the 1st day of November, 1916, to either resume the proceeding as originally instituted 
and carry the same to completion, in accordance with the statutes, or to make some 
application to the Court for relief to amend the proceeding in accordance with a plan 
that may be adopted by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, pursuant to the 
statutes in such cases made and provided, or to apply for leave to discontinue the 
proceeding now in existence, pursuant to the provisions of section 1000 of the Charter, 
as amended. 



5423 September 29, 1916. 

(On \larch 13, 1914 (Lai. NO. 51), tlic petition of the llarway Improvement Com- 
pany, offering to exchange witli tlie City certain lands in connection with the construc- 
tion of the Bcnsonhurst storm water outlet of the Coney Island Drainage Canal, was 
presented to the Board and referred to the Committee on Port and Terminal 1-acili- 
ties.) 

(On July 30, 1914 (Cal. Xo. 337). the Board adopted a modil'ud drainage plan 
for this improvement. ) 

(On October 30, 1914, the President of the Borough of Brooklyn transmitted for 
adoption map showing change of drainage plan which corrected a slight error in the 
plan adopted by the l')oard on July 30, 1914.) 

(On November 25, 1914 (Cal. No. 43), the Secretary was directed to request the 
Corporation Counsel to suspend action in the entire proceeding relating to the Coney 
Island Drainage Canal, pending the receipt of furtlier advice from the Board.) 

(On -May 19, 1916 (Cal. Xo. 80), a communication from the .Assistant Corporation 
Counsel in Charge of the Bureau of Street Openings of the Borough of Brooklyn, 
calling the attention of the Board to a notice of Motion and .\ffidavit served on the 
Corporation Counsel, returnable .April 28, 1916, and adjourned to June 5, 1916. for 
an order to compel the City to complete the proceedings to acquire title to the Coney 
Island Drainage Canal, was presented to the Board and the matter was referred to 
the Committee on Port and Terminal Facilities and to the President of the Borough 
of Brooklyn.) 

(On June 16, 1916 (Cal. No. 57), a motion was adopted directing the President 
of the Borough of Brooklyn to communicate to the Corporation Counsel the facts 
contributing to the delay in arriving at a determination in this proceeding, with a 
view of securing further postponement by the Court.) 

The matter was laid over two weeks (October 13, 1916), and referred to the 
Committee on Port and Terminal Facilities and the Committee on Assessments for a 
joint meeting in the meantime. The Chief Engineer of the Boarrl was directed to 
attend said meeting. 



LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS. 
Preliminary Authorization. 

Rorouf/h of Mauhattau. 

West 188th Street, from Wadsworth Avenue to St. Nicholas Avenue, RorouRh 

of A\anhattan — Sewer. 
Sewerage District No. 26. \. E., Borough of .Manhattan — .Modification in 

Drainage Plan (Cal. No. 61). 

The Secretary presented a resolution adopted Seplemlier 19. 1916, liy the L<ical 
Board of the Washington Heights District, Borough of Manhattan, initiating pro- 
ceedings for this improvement, a communication dated September 23, 1916 from the 
President, Borough of Manhattan, transmitting drainage plan for approval; and the 
following report of tht- Chief Engineer: 

Report No. 16030. Septemher 26th, 1916. 

Hon. John Pcrrov Mitchel, Mayor, Chairman of the Hoard of Estimate and Appor- 
tionment: 

Sir — Herewith is transmitted a resolution of the Local Board of the Washington 
Heights District, Borough of ^^anhattan. adopted on September 19th. 1916, initiating 
proceedings for constructing a sewer in West lf^8th Street from Wadsworth .\venue 
to St. Nicholas .Avenue. There is also transmitted a communication from the Acting 
Borough President, bearing date of September 23rd. 1916, pre<;entin« for consideration 
an amendatory plan under which provision is made for incorporating upon the City 
Drainage Map a slight change in the elevation originally projiosed for this sewer. 

The resolution afTects one block or about 300 feet of West 188th Street, title to 
which has been legally acquired. 

The street is graded, curiicd and flagged, and on the southerly side foundations are 
being prepared for a number of large apartment houses. The outlet sewer in Wads- 
worth .Avenue is built. 

The work is estimated to cost about $3,700. an<l the assessed valuation of the 
property to be bcnefiterl is reported to be $.W2.000. 

From the financial statement which has been prepared anrl which is awaitin<i con- 
sideration by the Board, it appears that preliminary aulhori/ations arc now outstand- 
ing for thi-s Borough to a greater e.xtcnt than permitted under the Board rules, and 
that there is no balance available for final authorization as determined under the 



September 29, 1916. 5424 

allotment made of the funds to be used for local improvements during the current 
year. 

The matter is placed upon the calendar at the request of the Borough President, 
but in view of the tinancial conditions herein set forth I am unable to make any 
definite recommendation as to authorization at this time, notwithstanding that the 
propriety of carrying out the improvement otherwise seems clear as well as consistent 
with the rules governing urgency. 

The plan now presented embodies provision for slightly raising the elevation of 
the 15-inch drain, as sliown on the present legal drainage map, so that the sewage 
will not back up into the lateral when the trunk sewer is under maximum How. The 
plan appears to be a proper one and its approval is recommended. Respectfully, 

NELSON P. LEWIS, Chief Engineer. 

The following Vvas offered : 

VVliereas, the President of the Borough of ^lanhattan has transmitted to the 
Board of Estimate and Apportionment a copy of a resolution of the Local Board of 
the Washington Heights District, duly adopted by said Board on the 19th day of 
September, 1916, and approved by the President of the Board of Manhattan on the 
19th day of September, 1916, as follows, to wit: 

"Resolved, That this Board does hereby initiate proceedings for the said 

local improvement, to wit : 

"To construct sewer and appurtenances in West 188th Street, between Wads- 

M-orth and St. Nicholas Avenues." 
—and which resolution is accompanied with an approximate estimate of the cost of 
the work and the assessed value of the property benefited. 

Resolved. That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment hereby authorizes the 
President of the Borough of Manhattan to prepare plans, specifications and an esti- 
mate of cost based on actual survey, and also to secure a determination of the boun- 
dary of the district of assessment; the entire expense of the work done subsequent to 
tiie date of this authorization to be charged against the Street Improvement Fund and 
later included in the assessment. 

Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment will consider the 
authorization of the construction of the said proposed improvement after the Presi- 
dent of the Borough of Manhattan has submitted a statement showing that all of the 
above described work has been done, that he has secured the approval of the form 
of contract by the Corporation Counsel, that he is prepared to place the improvement 
under contract as soon as he receives the consent of the Board, and that the assess- 
ment map will be completed on or before the date of payment on acceptance; this 
report being accompanied by a further statement showing the nuantity of work to 
be performed under each item and the unit price thereof, the expense incurred for 
preliminary work, the allowance to be made for additional engineering and contin- 
gencies, tlie total probable cost, and the number of working days to be allowed the 
contractor for carrying out the work. 

Which was adopted by the following vote: 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 

The following resolution was offered : 

Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment hereby approves the 
modified drainage plan for Sewerage District No. 26 A. E., Borough of Manhattan, 
showing the location, size and grades of a sewer in West 188th Street between 
W^adsworth Avenue and St. Nicholas Avenue, bearing the signature of the President 
of the Borough, and dated September 22, 1916. 

Which was adopted by the following vote : 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Alanhattan, and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 



West 189th Street, from Wadsworth Avenue to St. Nicholas Avenue, Bor- 
ough of Manhattan — Sewer. 
Sewerage District No. 26AF, Borough of Manhattan — Modification in Drain- 
age Plan (Cal. No. 62). 

The Secretary presented a resolution adopted September 19, 1916, by the Local 
Board of the Washington Heights District, Borough of Manhattan, initiating pro- 
ceedings for this improvement, a communication dated September 23, 1916, from the 
Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan, transmitting drainage plans for 
approval; and the following report of the Chief Engineer: 



5435 September 29. 1916. 

Report No. 16093. September 26th, 1916. 

Hon. John Purroy Mitchel, Mayor, Chairman of the Board of Estimate and Appor- 
tionment: 

Sir — Herewith is transmitted a resolution of tlie Local Board of the Washington 
Heights District, Borough of Manhattan, a(l<jpted on September 19th, 1916, initiating 
proceedings for constructing a sewt-r in West 189th Street from Wadsworth Avenue 
to St. Nicholas Avenue. There is also transmitted a communication from the .\cting 
Borough President, bearing date of September 23rd. 1916, presenting for consideration 
an amendatory plan under which provision is made for incorporating upon the City 
Drainage Map a slight change in the elevation originally proposed for tiiis sewer. 

The resolution atlects one block or about 300 feet of West 189th Street, title to 
which has been legally actpiired. 

The street is regulated and graded and on each side foundations are being pre- 
pared for a number of large apartment buildings. The outlet sewer in Wadsworth 
Avenue is built. 

The work is estimated to cost about $3,700, and the assessed valuation of the 
property to be benefited is reported to be $360,000. 

From the financial statement which has been prepared and which is awaiting con- 
sideration by the Board it appears that preliminary authorizations are now outstand- 
ing for this Borough to a greater extent than [)ermitte(l under the Board rules, and 
that there is no balance available for final authorization as determined under the 
allotment made of the funds to be used for local improvements during the current 
year. 

The matter is placed upon the calendar at the request of the Borough President, 
but in view of the financial conditions herein set forth I am unable to make any 
definite recommendation as to authorization at this time, notwithstanding that the 
propriety of carrying out the improvement otherwise seems clear as well as con- 
sistent with the rules governing urgency. 

The plan now presented embodies provision for slightly raising the elevation of 
the 15-inch drain, as shown on the present legal drainage map, so that the sewage 
will not back up into the lateral when the trunk sewer is under ma.ximum How. The 
plan appears to be a proper one and its approval is recommended. Respect full v. 

NELSON P. LEWIS, Chief Engineer. 

The following was offered : 

Whereas, the President of the Borough of Manhattan has transmitted to the 
Board of Estimate and .'\j)portionment a copy of a resolution of the Local Board of 
the Washington Heights District, duly adopted by said Board on the 19th day of 
September, 1916, and approved by the President of the Borough of Manhattan on the 
19th day of September, 1916. as follows, to wit: 

"Resolved, That this Board does hereby initiate proceedings for the said 

local improvement, to wit : 

"To construct sewer and appurtenances in West 189th Street, between Wads- 
worth and St. Nicholas Avenues." 
— and which resolution is accomi)anied with an approximate estimate of the cost of 
the work and the assessed value of the propcrtv benefited. 

Resolved. That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment hereby authorizes the 
President of the Borough of Manhattan to prepare plans, specifications and an esti- 
mate of cost based on actual survey, and also to secure a determination of tie boundary 
of the district of assessment; the entire expense of tl.e work done subsequent to the 
date of this authorization to be charged against the Street Improvement Fund and 
later included in the assessment. 

Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment will consider the 
authorization of the construction of the said proposed unprovement after the President 
of the Borough of Manhattan has submitted a statement showing that all of the 
above described work has been done, that he has secured the approval of tiie form of 
contract by the Corporation Counsel, that he is prepared to place the improvement 
under contract as soon as he receives the con.sent of the Board, and that the assess- 
ment map will be completed on or before the date of payment on acceptance; this 
report being accomi)anied by a further statement showing the (piantity of work to be 
performed under each item and the unit price thereof, the exi)ense incurred for pre- 
liminary work, the allowance to be made for additional engineering and contingencies, 
the total probable cost, and tie number of working days to be allowed the contractor 
for carrying out the work. 

Which was adopted by the following vote : 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of .Mder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Nfanhattan and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 



Septemlier 29, 1916. 5426 

The following resolution was ofifered : 

Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment hereby approves the 
modified drainage plan for Sewerage District No. 26-AF, Borough of Manhattan, show- 
ing location, size and grades of a sewer in West 189th Street, between Wadsworth 
Avenue and St. Nicholas Avenue, bearing the signature of the President of the 
Borough, and dated September 22, 1916. 

Which was adopted by the following vote : 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 

Borough of Brooklyn. 

79th Street, from 21st Avenue to 22nd Avenue, Borough of Brooklyn — Regu= 
lating and Grading (Cal. No. 63). 

The Secretary presented a resolution adopted August 31, 1916, by the Local Board 
of the Flatbush District, Borough of Brooklyn, initiating proceedings for this improve- 
ment; and the following report of the Cliief Engineer: 

Report No. 16053. September 15, 1916. 

Hon. John Purroy Mitchel, Mayor, Chairman of the Board of Estimate and Ap- 
portionment: 

Sir — Herewith is transmitted a resolution of the Local Board of the Flatbush 
District, Borough of Brooklyn, adopted on August 31, 1916, initiating proceedings for 
grading, curbing and flagging 79th Street, from 21st Avenue to 22d Avenue. 

This resolution affects one block, or about 700 feet of 79th Street, title to which 
has been established to be in the City. 

Tile improvement is petitioned for by two property owners representing about 
7 1 per cent, of the frontage which in the interior lots, is assessed as having a value, 
exchiding buildings, of $35 per linear foot. 

The work is estimated to cost about $2,400, and it is estimated that the corre- 
sponding assessment will amount to about $1.70 per front foot. The assessed 
valuation of the land to be benefited is reported to be $49,000. 

An inspection of the ground shows that the street is roughly graded, without 
curbing or flagging, ana that, with the exception of a building on the northerly side 
at 21st Avenue, the almtting property is entirely unimproved. 

From the financial statement now before the Board for consideration it appears 
that preliminary authorizations are now outstanding for this borouhgh to a much 
greater extent than permitted under the Board rules, as well as to an amoimt sub- 
stantially greater than the balance available for final authorizations as determined 
under the allotment made of the funds to be used for local improvements during the 
current year. 

The matter is placed upon the calendar at the request of the Commissioner of 
Public Work.'-,, but in view of the financial conditions herein set forth I am unable to 
make any definite recommendation as to authorization at this time, notwithstanding 
that the propriety of carrying out the improvement otherwise seems clear as well as 
consistent with the rules governing urgency. RespectfuHv, 

NELSON P. LEWIS, Chief Engineer. 

The following was offered : 

Whereas, the President of the Borough of Brooklyn has transmitted to the Board 
of Estimate and Apportionment a copy of a resolution of the Local Board of the 
Flatbush District, duly adopted by said Board on the 31st day of August, 1916, and 
approved by the President of the Borough of Brooklyn on the 5th day of September, 
1916, as follows, to wit : 

"Resolved, That the Local Board of the Flatbush District hereby initiates 

proceedings to regulate, grade, set cement curb and lay cement sidewalks on 79th 

Street, from 21st Avenue to 22d Avenue." 
— and which resolution is accompanied with an approximate estimate of the cost of 
the work and tlie assessed value of the property benefited. 

Resolved, That the Board of Estimate ancl Apportionment hereby authorizes the 
President of the Borough of Brooklyn to prepare plans, specifications and an estimate 
of cost based on actual survey, and also to secure a determination of the boundary 
of the district of assessment; the entire expense of the work done subsequent to the 
date of this authorization to be charged against the Street Improvement Fund and 
later included in the assessment. 

Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment will consider the author- 
ization of the construction of the said proposed improvement after the President of 



5427 September 29. 1916. 

the Borough of Brooklyn has submitted a statement showing that all of tlie above 
described work has been done, that he has secured the approval of the form of contract 
by the Corporation Counsel, that he is prepared to place tl.e improvement under contract 
as soon as he receives the consent of the Board, and that the assessment map will be 
completed on or before the date of payment on acceptance; this report being accom- 
panied by a further statement showing the quantity of work to be performed under 
each item and tlie unit price thereof, tlie expense incurred for preliminary work, the 
allowance to be made for additional engineering and contingencies, the total iirobable 
cost, and the number of working days to be allowed tiie contractor for carrying out 
the work. 

Which was adopted l)y the following vote : 

Affirmative— The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 



Powell Street, from New Lots ANenue to Lott Avenue, Boroujjh of Brooklyn 
— Curbing, Flagging and Paving (Cal. No. 64). 

The Secretary presented a resolution adopted .\pril 13, 1916, l)y the Local Board 
of the New Lots District, Borough of Brooklyn, initiating proceedings for this 
improvement; and the following report of the Chief Engineer: 

Report No. 16054. September 15, 1916. 

Hon. John Plrroy Mitchf.l, Mayor, Chairman of the Board of Estimate and Ap- 
portionment: 

Sir — Herewith is transmitted a resolution of the Local Board of the New Lots 
District, Borough of Brooklyn, adopted on .\pril 13, 1916, initiating proceedings for 
curbing and flagging, where necessary, and paving with aspiialt (permanent pavement), 
Powell Street, from New Lots Avenue to Lott Avenue. 

This resolution affects one block, or about 150 feet, of Powell Street, title to which 
has been legally acquired. 

The improvement is petitioned for by one property owner representing a little 
more than 50 per cent, of the frontage wiiich, in the interior lots, is assessed as 
having a value, excluding buildings, of $35 per linear foot. 

The work is estimated to cost about ?1,500, and it is estimated that the corre- 
sponding assessment will amount to about $5 per front foot. The assessed valua- 
tion of the land to be benefited is reported to be $16,450. 

An inspection of the ground shows that the street is roughly graded and that the 
curbing and flagging are largely provided, although some of this appears to be in a 
poor condition of repair and will probably have to be replaced. The abutting property 
is a little more than 50 per cent, improved and all of the subsurface structures have 
been provided. In the adjoining section on the north the street is paved, which con- 
dition also obtains in Lott Avenue east of Powell Street, as well as in New Lots 
Avenue, in which latter street trolley facilities are available. 

From tlie financial statement now before the Board for consideration it appears 
that iireliminary authorizations are now outstanding for this borough to a much 
greater extent than permitted under the Board rules, as well as to an amount sub- 
stantially greater tiian the balance available for final authorizations as determined 
under the allotment made of the funds to be used for local improvements during the 
current year. 

The matter is placed upon the calendar at tiie request of the Commissioner of 
Public Works, hut in view of the financial conditions herein set forth 1 am unable to 
make any definite recommendation as to authorization at this time, notwithstanding 
that the propriety of carrying out the improvement otherwise seems clear as well as 
consistent with the rules governing urgency. Respectfully, 

NELSON P. LEWIS, Chief Engineer. 

The following was offered : 

Whereas, the President of the Borough of Brooklyn has transmitted to the 
Board of Estimate and .Api>ortionment a copy of a resolution of the Local Board 
of the New Lots District, duly adopted by said Board on the 13th day of .Xpril, 
1916, and approved by the P'resident of the Borough of Brooklyn on the 5th da> 
of September, 1916, as' follows, to wit : 

"Resolved, That the Local Board of the New I.ots District hereby initiates 

proceedings to set cement curb and lay cement sidewalks where necessary and 

lay a permanent asphalt pavement on Powell Street, between New Lots Avenue 

and Lott .Avenue." 
—and which resolution is accompanied with an atiproximate estimate of the cost of 
the work and the assessed value of the property benefited. 



September 29, 1916. 5428 

Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment hereby authorizes the 
President of the Borough of Brooklj'n to prepare plans, specifications and an es- 
timate of cost based on actual survey, and also to secure a determination of the 
boundary of the district of assessment; the entire expense of the work done subse- 
(luent to the date of this authorization to be charged against the Street Improvement 
Fund and later included in the assessment. 

Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment will consider the au- 
thorization of the construction of the said proposed improvement after the President 
of the Borough of Brooklyn has submitted a statement showing that all of the 
above described work has been done, that he has secured the approval of the form 
of contract by the Corporation Counsel, that he is prepared to place the improve- 
ment under contract as soon as he receives the consent of the Board and that the 
assessment map will be completed on or before the date of payment on acceptance, 
this report being accompanied by a further statement showing the quantity of work 
to be performed under each item and the unit price thereof, the expense incurred 
for preliminary work, the allowance to be made for additional engineering and con- 
tingencies, the total probable cost, and the number of working days to be allowed 
the contractor for carrying out the work. 

Which was adopted by the following vote : 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Al- 
dermen, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan, and the Presidents ot 
the Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 



Sackman Street, from Newport Street to New Lots Avenue, Borough of 
Brooklyn — Paving (Cal. No. 65). 

The Secretary presented a resolution adopted January 27, 1916, by the Local Board 
of the New Lots District, Borough of Brooklyn, initiating proceedings for this 
improvement; and a report of the Chief Engineer, stating he is unable to recom- 
mend authorization at this time for the reason that preliminary authorizations for 
this Borough are now outstanding to a greater extent than is permitted under the 
Board rules. 

The Secretary also presented a communication dated September 28, 1916, iron, 
the Hollis-Bellaire Real Estate Company, Inc., in opposition to the proposed im- 
provement. 

The matter was laid over two weeks (October 13, 1916). 



Thatford Avenue, from Lott Avenue to Hegeman Avenue, Borough of Brook-= 

lyn — Paving (Cal. No. 66). 

The Secretary presented a resolution adopted April 13, 1916, by the Local Board 
of the New Lots District, Borough of Brooklyn, initiating proceedings for this 
improvement ; and the following report of the Chief Engineer : 

Report No. 16055. September 15. 1916. 

Hon John Purroy Mitchel, Mayor, Chairman of the Board of Estimate and Ap- 
portionment: 

Sir — Herewith is transmitted a resolution of the Local Board of the New Lots 
District, Borough of Brooklyn, adopted on April 13, 1916, initiating proceedings for 
paving with asphalt (permanent pavement) Thatford Avenue, from Lott Avenue to 
Hegeman Avenue. 

This rcsohition affects one block, or a little more than 500 feet of Thatford Ave- 
nue, title to which has been legally acquired. 

The improvement is petitioned for by three property owners, representing about 
70 per cent, of the frontage, which, in the interior lots, is assessed as having a value, 
excluding buildings, of $25 per linear foot. 

The work is estimated to cost about $3,200, and it is estimated that the corre- 
sponding assessment will amount to about $3.50 per front foot. The assessed 
valuation of the land to be benefited is reported to be $35,725. 

An inspection of the ground shows that the street is graded, curbed and flagged, 
and that the abutting property is almost fully improved. With the exception of the 
gas main, all of the subsurface structures have been provided. Lott Avenue is roughly 
graded, but Hegeman Avenue, in which street trolley facilities are available, is graded, 
curbed and flagged, which latter condition also obtanis in the adjoining section of 
Thatford Avenue on the north. South of Hegeman Avenue the street is not in use. 

From the financial statement now before the Board for consideration It appears 
that preliminary authorizations are now outstanding for this borough to a much 
greater extent than permitted under the Board rules, as well as to an amount sub- 
stantially greater than the balance available for final authorizations as determined 



5429 September 29. 1916. 

under the allotment made of the funds to be used for local improvements during 
the current year. 

The matter is placed upon the calendar at the request of the Commissioner of 
Public Works, but in view of the financial conditions herein set forth I am unal)!e to 
make any definite recommendation as to authorization at this time, notwithstanding 
that the propriety of carrying out the improvement otherwise seems clear as well as 
consistent vvith the rules governing urgency. If preliminary authorization is given 
the authorization of the construction should l)e deferred until arrangements have been 
made for laying the gas main. Respectfully, 

NELSON P. LEWIS, Chief Engineer. 

The following was offered : 

Whereas, the President of the Borough of Brooklyn has transmitted to the 
Board of Estimate and Apportionment a copy of a resolution of the Local Board 
of the New Lots District, duly adopted by said Board on the 13th day of April, 
1916, and approved by the President of the Borough of Brooklyn on the 5th day 
of September, 1916. as follows, to wit : 

"Resolved, That the Local Board of the New Lots District hereby initiates 

proceedings to lay a permanent asphalt pavement pn Thatford Avenue, from 

Lott Avenue to Hegeman Avenue," 
— and which resolution is accompanied with an approximate estimate of the cost of 
the work and the assessed value of the property benefited. 

Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment hereby authorizes th*« 
President of the Borough of Brooklyn to prepare plans, specifications and an es- 
timate of cost based on actual survey, and also to secure a determination of the 
boundary of the district of assessment ; the entire expense of the work done subse- 
quent to the date of this authorization to be charged against the Street Improvement 
Fund and later included in the assessment. 

Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment will consider the au 
thorization of the construction of the said proposed improvement after the President 
of the Borough of Brooklyn has submitted a statement showing that all of the 
above described work has been done, that he has secured the approval of the form 
of contract by the Corporation Counsel, that he is prepared to place the improve 
ment under contract as soon as he receives the consent of the Board, and that the 
assessment map will be completed on or before the date of payment on acceptance, 
this report being accompanied by a further statement showing the quantity of work 
to be performed under each item and the unit price thereof, the expense incurred 
for preliminary work, the allowance to be made for additional engineering and con- 
tingencies, the total jirobable cf>st, and the number of working days to be allowed 
the contractor for carrying out the work. 

Which was adopted by the following vote: 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Al- 
dermen, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan, and the Presidents of 
the Boroughs of Brooklyn, Tlie Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 

Caton Avenue, from Hast 3rd Street to Hast 4th Street, Borough of Brooklyn 

—leaving (Cal. .No. 07). 

The Secretary presented a resolution adopted .August 31, 19lo, by the i-ocal 
Board of the Flatbush District, Borough of Brooklyn, initiating proceedings for 
this improvement; and the following report of the Chief Engineer: 

Report No. 16056. September 16. Ifl6. 

Hon. John Pirroy Mitchel, .^fayor, Chairnmn of the Board of listimatc and Ap- 
portionment: 

Sir — Herewith is transmitted a resolution of the Local Board of the Flatbush 
District, Borough of Brooklyn, adopted on August 31, 1916, initiating procedings for 
paving with asphalt (permanent pavement) Caton Avenue, from Fast 3d Street to 
East 4th Street. 

This resolution affects one block, or about 200 feet, of Caton .-Xvenuc, title to 
which has been legally acquired. 

The improvement is petitioned for by five property owners, representing about 70 
per cent, of the frontage, which, in the interior lots, is assessed as having a value, 
excluding buildings, of $35 per linear foot. 

The work is estimated to cost about $2,400. and it is estimated that the corre- 
sponding assessment will amount to nb.nit $<» per front foot. The assessed valuation 
of the land to be benefited is reported to be $46,862. 

An inspection of the ground shows that the street is graded, curbed and flagged 
and that the abutting propertv is almost fully improved. All of the subsurface 



September 29, 1916. 5430 

structures have been provided. In the adjoining section on the east the street is paved, 
which condition also obtains in each of the intersecting streets. West of East 33d 
Street the street is regulated and graded. 

From tlie financial statement now before the Board for consideration it appears 
that preliminary authorizations are now outstanding for this borough to a much 
greater extent than permitted under the Board rules, as well as to an amount sub- 
stantially greater than the balance available for final authorizations as determined 
under the allotment made of the funds to be used for local improvements during 
the current year. 

The matter is placed upon the calendar at the request of the Commissioner of 
Public Works, but in view of the financial conditions herein set forth I am unable 
to make any definite recommendation as to authorization at this time, notwithstanding 
that the propriety of carrying out the improvement otherwise seems clear as well 
as consistent with the rules governing urgency. Respectfully, 

NELSON P. LEWIS, Chief Engineer. 

The following was ofifered : 

Whereas, The President of the Borough of Brooklyn has transmitted to the 
Board of Estimate and Apportionment a copy of a resolution of the Local Bo^rd 
of the Flatbush District, dul}^ adopted by said Board on the 31st day of August, 1916, 
and approved by the President of the Borough of Brooklyn on the 5th day of 
September, 1916, as follows, to wit : 

"Resolved, That the Local Board of the Flatbush District hereby initiates 

proceedings to lay a permanent asphalt pavement on Caton xAvenue, between East 

4th Street and East 3rd Street." 
— and which resolution is accompanied with an approximate estimate of the cost 
of the work and the assessed value of the property benefited. 

Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment hereby authorizes 
the President of the Borough of Brooklyn to prepare plans, specifications and an 
estimate of cost based on actual survey, and also to secure a determination of the 
boundary of the district of assessment; the entire expense of the work done subse- 
quent to the date of this authorization to be charged against the Street Improvement 
Fund and later included in the assessment. 

Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment will consider the au- 
thorization of the construction of the said proposed improvement after the Presi- 
dent of the Borough of Brooklyn has submitted a statement showing that all of the 
above described work has been done, that he has secured the approval of the form 
of contract by the Corporation Counsel, that he is prepared to place the improvement 
under contract as soon as he receives the consent of the Board, and that the assess- 
ment map will be completed on or before the date of payment on acceptance; this 
report being accompanied by a further statement showing the quantity of work to 
be performed under each item and the unit price thereof, the expense incurred for 
preliminary work, the allowance to be made for additional engineering and contin- 
gencies, the total probable cost, and the number of working days to be allowed the 
contractor for carrying out the work. 

Which was adopted by the following vote : 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 

East 12th Street, from Ditmas Avenue to Newkirk Avenue, Borough of Brook= 

lyn— Paving (Cal. No. 68). 

The Secretary presented a resolution adopted June 22, 1916, by the Local 
Board of the Flatbush District, Borough of Pjrooklyn, initiating proceedings for 
this improvement; and the following report of the Chief Engineer: 

Report No. 16097. September 26, 1916. 

Hon. John Purroy Mitchel, Mayor, Chatnnan of the Board of Estimate and Ap- 
portionment: 

Sir — Herewith is transmitted a resolution of the Local Board of the Flatbush 
District, Borough of Brooklyn, adopted on June 22, 1916, initiating proceedings for 
paving with asphalt (permanent pavement) East 12th Street, from Ditmas Avenue 
to Newkirk Avenue. 

This resolution affects one block or a little more than 500 feet of East 12th 
Street, title to which has been legally acquired. 

The improvement is petitioned for by one property owner representing about 
56 per cent, of the frontage which, in the interior lots, is assessed as having a value, 
excluding buildings, of $65 per linear foot. 



5431 September 29. 1916. 

The work is estimated to cost about $4,100. and it is estimated that the cor- 
responding assessment will amount to about $5 per front foot. The assessed valua- 
tion of the land to be benefited is reported to be $67,000. 

An inspection of the ground shows that an approximately graded roadway is 
is use through the entire block, and that the curbing and flagging have been laid 
excepting for a distance of alwut 100 feet adjoining Newkirk Avenue. There is a 
building on each side at Ditmas Avenue, but the frontage is otherwise entirely unim- 
proved. A Local Board resolution providing for grading the street between the 
limits named, was recently given final authorization. With the exception of the gas 
main all of the subsurface structures have been provided for. South of Newkirk 
Avenue the street is macadamized, but north of Ditmas Avenue it is paved with 
asphalt, which condition also obtains in each of the intersecting streets. 

From the Financial Statement now before the Board for consideration it ap- 
pears that preliminary authorizations are now outstanding for this Borough to a 
much greater extent than permitted under the Board rules, as well as to an amount 
substantially greater than the balance available for final authorizations as determined 
under the allotment made of the funds to be used for local improvements during the 
current year. 

In view of the financial conditions herein set forth 1 am unable to make any 
definite recommendation as to authorization at this time, notwithstanding that the 
propriety of carrying out the improvement otherwise seems clear as well as con- 
sistent with the rules governing urgency. If preliminary authorization is given it 
should be with the understanding that the authorization of the construction will be 
deferred until arrangements have been made for laying the gas main. Respectfully, 

nelson' P. LEWIS, Chief Engineer. 

The following was offered : 

Whereas, The President nf the Ptorough of Brooklyn has transmitted to the 
Board of Estimate and .Apportionment a copy of a resolution of the Local Board 
of the Flatliush District, duly adopted by said Board on the 22nd day of June, 
1916, and approved by the President of the Borough of Brooklyn on the 21st day 
of September, 1916, as follows, to wit : 

"Resolved, That the Local Board of the Flatbush District hereby initiates 

proceedings to pave with permanent asphalt East 12th Street, from Ditmas Ave- 
nue to Newkirk Avenue." 
— and which resolution is accompanied with an approximate estimate of the cost 
of the work and the assessed value of the property lienefited. 

Rc?olved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment hereby authorizes 
the President of the Borough of Brooklyn to prepare plans, specifications and an 
estimate of cost based on actual survey, and also to secure a determination of the 
boundary of the district of assessment; the entire expense of the work done subse- 
quent to the date of this authorization to be charged against the Street Improvement 
Fund and later included in the assessment. 

Resolved. That the Board of Estimate and .Apportionment will consider the au- 
thorization of the construction of the said proposed improvement after the Presi- 
dent of the Borough of Brooklyn has submitted a statement showing that all of the 
above described work has been done, that he has secured the approval of the form 
of contract by the Corporation Counsel, that he is prepared to place the improvement 
under contract as soon as he receives the consent of the Board, and that the asses.s- 
ment map will be completed on or before the date of payment on acceptance; this 
report being accompanied bv a further statement showing the quantity of work to 
be performed under each item and the unit price thereof, the expense incurred for 
preliminary work, the allowance to be made for additional engineering and contin- 
gencies, the total probable cost, and the number of working days to be allowed the 
contractor for carrving out the work. 

Which was adopted by the following vote: , , „ ^ , * . • 

Affirmative— The Mavor, the Comptroller, the President of the Bonrd of .AMcr- 
men. the .Acting President of the Borouch of Mnnhnttan and the Presidents of the 
Borout;hs of Brooklvn. The Bronx, Queens and Richmond--16. 



Bay 19th Street, from Benson Avenue to «6th Street. Borough of Brooklyn 

—Paving (Cal. No. 69). 

The Secretary presented a rc'^ohition adopted January 6. 1916. hy the Local Board 
of the Flathush District, Borough of Brooklvn. initiating proceedings for this im- 
provement ; and the following report of the Chief Engineer: 



September 29, 1916. 5432 

Report No. 16060. September 19th, 1916. 

Hon. John Purroy Mitchel, Mayor, Chairman of the Board of Estimate and Ap- 
portionment: 

Sir — Herewith is transmitted a resolution of the Local Board of the Flatbush Dis- 
trict, Borough of Brooklyn, adopted on January 6th, 1916, initiating proceedings for 
paving with asphalt (permanent pavement) Bay 19th Street from I3enson Avenue 
to 86th Street. 

This resolution affects one block or a little more than 900 feet of Bay 19th 
Street, title to wliich has been established to be in the City. 

The improvement is petitioned for by two property owners representing about 
66 per cent, of the frontage, which, in the interior lots, is assessed as having a 
value, excluding buildings, of $45 per linear foot. 

The work is estimated to cost about $5,200, and it is estimated that the correspond- 
ing assessment will amount to about $3.10 per front foot. The assessed valuation 
of the land to be benefited is reported to be $101,450. 

An inspection of the ground shows that tlie street is graded, curbed and flagged, 
and that in the vicinity of Benson Avenue a number of buildings have been erected 
upon tlie property abutting upon the easterly side. All of the subsurface structures 
have been completed. Each oif the intersecting streets is paved. 

From the financial statement now before the Board for consideration it ap- 
pears that preliminary authorizations are now outstanding for this borough to a 
much greater extent than permitted under the Board rules, as well as co an extent 
very much larger than the balance available for final authorizations as determined 
under the allotment made of the funds to be used for local improvements during the 
current year. 

The matter is placed upon the calendar at the request of the Commissioner of 
Public Works, but in view of the financial conditions herein set forth I am unable to 
make any definite recommendation as to authorization at this time, notwithstanding 
that the propriety of carrying out the improvement otherwise seems clear as well 
as consistent with the rules governing urgency. Respectfully, 

NELSON P. LEWIS, Chief Engineer. 

The following was ofi"ered : 

Whereas, The President of the Borough of Brooklyn has transmitted to the 
Board of Estimate and Apportionment a copy of a resolution of the Local Board of 
the Flatbush District, duly adopted by said Board on the 6th day of Januarj^ 1916, 
and approved by the President of the Borough of Brooklyn on the 6th day of April, 
1916, as follows, to wit: 

"Resolved, That the Local Board of the Flatbush District hereb}' initiates 

proceedings to lav a permanent asphalt pavement on Bay 19th Street, from Benson 

Avenue to 86th Street." 
— and which resolution is accompanied with an approximate estimate of the cost of 
the work and the assessed value of the property benefited. 

Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment hereby authorizes the 
President of the Borough of Brooklyn to prepare plans, specifications and an estimate 
of cost based on actual survey, and also to secure a determination of the boundary 
of the district of assessment; the entire expense of the work done subsequent to the 
date of this authorization to be charged against the Street Improvement Fund and 
later included in the assessment. 

Resolved. That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment will consider the 
authorization of the construction of the said proposed improvement after the President 
of the Borough of Brooklyn has submitted a statement showing that all of the above 
described work has been done, that he has secured the approval of the form of con- 
tract by the Corporation Counsel, that he is prepared to place the improvement under 
contract as soon as he receives the consent of the Board, and that the assessment map 
will be completed on or before the date of payment on acceptance ; this report being 
accompanied by a further statement showing the quantity of work to be performed 
under each item and the unit price thereof, the expense incurred for preliminary 
work, the allowance to be made for additional engineering and contingencies, the 
total probable cost, and the number of working days to be allowed the contractor 
for carrying out the work. 

Wliich was adopted Ijy the following vote : 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, tlie Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 



5433 September 29. 1916. 

23rd Avenue, from Cropsey Avenue to Bath Avenue, Borough of Brooklyn 

—Paving (Cal. No. 70). 

The Secretary presented a resolution adopted June 9, 1916, by the Local Board 
of the Flatbush District, Borough of Brooklyn, initiating proceedings for this improve- 
ment ; and the following report of the Chief Engineer: 

Report No. 16059. September 18, 1916. 

Hon. John Purroy Mitchel, Mayor, Chairman of lite Board of Estimate and Ap- 
portionment: 

Sir — Herewith is transmitted a resolution of the Local Board of the Flatbush 
District, Borough of Brooklyn, adopted on June 9, 1916, initiating proceedings for 
paving with asphalt (permanent pavement) 23d Avenue, from Cropsey Avenue to 
Bath Avenue. 

This resolution affects one block, or a little less than 600 feet of 23d Avenue, which 
the Corporation Counsel has advised is dedicated to public use. 

The improvement is petitioned for by nine property owners, representing a little 
more than 50 per cent, of the frontage, which, in the interior lots, is assessed as hav- 
ing a value, excluding buildings, of $60 per linear foot. 

The work is estimated to cost about $6,700, and it is estimated that the corre- 
sponding assessment will amount to about $7 per front foot. The assessed valuation 
of the land to be benefited is reported to be $66,200. 

An inspection of the ground shows that the street is graded, curbed and flagged, 
and that nineteen buildings have been erected upon the abutting property, these, 
on the basis of present lot subdivisions, involving the development of considerably 
more than 50 per cent, of the frontage. The gas main and water main have been 
laid and a Local Board resolution providing for the reconstruction of the existing 
sewer to conform with the requirements of the present legal drainage map was 
recently given final authorization. In the adjoining section on the north the street is 
regulated and graded, but south of Cropsey Avenue it is not in use. The street last 
named is paved, and Bath Avenue, which forms a portion of the route of a double 
track trollcv railroad, is roughly graded. 

From the financial statement now before the Board for consideration it appears 
that preliminary authorizations are now outstanding for this borough to a much 
greater extent than permitted under the Board rules, as well as to an amount sub- 
stantially greater than the balance available for final authorizations as determined 
under the allotment made of the funds to be used for local improvements during 
the current year. „ . . - 

The matter is placed upon the calendar at the request of the Commissioner of 
Public Works, but in view of the financial conditions herein set forth I am unable 
to make any definite recommendation as to authorization at this time, notwithstanding 
that the propriety of carrying out the improvement otherwise seems clear as well as 
consistent with the rules governing urgency. Respectfully. . , ^ . 

NELSOX P. LEWIS. Chief Engineer. 

The following was ofltered : • , i 

Whereas. The President of the Borough of Brooklyn has transmitted to the 

Board of Estimate and .Apportionment a copv of a resolution of the Local Board of 

the Flatbush District, duly adopted bv said Board on the 9th day of June. 1916, and 

approved by the President' of the Borough of Brooklyn on the 27th day of June, 1916, 

as follows, to wit: .,.„.,, t^- • i i • •.• » 

"Resolved. That the Local Board of the Matbush District hereby initiates 

proceedings to pave with permanent asphalt pavement 23d Avenue, from Cropsey 

Avenue to Bath Avenue." . • , , r 

—and which resolution is accompanied with an approximate estimate of the cost ot 
the work and the assessed value of the proi)erty benefited. , . , 

Resolved. That the Board of Estimate and .Apportionment hereby authorizes the 
President of the Borough of Brooklyn to prepare plans, specifications and an estimate 
of cost based on actual survev. and also to secure a determination of the boundary 
of the district of assessment ; 'the entire expense of the work done .subsequent to the 
date of this authorization to be charged against the Street Improvement Fund and 
later included in the assessment. . ^ ... -j »u 

Resolved That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment will consider the 
authorization' of the construction <.f the said proposed improvement after the President 
of the Borough of Brooklvn has submitted a statement showing that all of the above 
described work has been done, that he has secured the approval of the form of con- 
tract bv the Corporation Counsel, that he is prepared to place the improvement under 
contract as soon as he receives the consent of the Board, and that the assessment map 
will be completed on or before the date of payment on acceptance; this report being 



September 29, 1916. 54?A 

accompanied by a further statement showing the quantity of work to be performed 
under each item and the unit price thereof, the expense incurred for preliminary 
work, the allowance to be made for additional engineering and contingencies, the 
total probable cost, and the number of working days to be allowed the contractor 
for carrying out the work. 

Which was adopted by the following vote: 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, Queens and Richmond — 15. 

Negative — The President of the Borough of The Bronx — 1. 



81st Street, from 5th Avenue to 6th Avenue, Borough of Brooklyn — Paving 

(Cal. No. 71). 

The Secretary presented a resolution adopted April 13, 1916, by the Local Board 
of the Bay Ridge District, Borough of Brooklyn, initiating proceedings for this im- 
provement; and the following report of the Chief Engineer: 

Report No. 16072. September 15th, 1916. 

Hon. John Purroy Mitchel, Mayor, Chairman of the Board of Estimate and 
Apportionment: 

Sir — Herewith is transmitted a resolution of the Local Board of the Bay 
Ridge District, Borough of Brooklyn, adopted on April 13th, 1916, initiating pro- 
ceedings for paving with asphalt (permanent pavement) 81st Street from 5th Avenue 
to 6th Avenue. 

This resolution affects one block or about 750 feet of 81st Street, title to which 
has been legally acquired. 

The improvement is petitioned for by two property owners, representing about 
74 per cent, of the frontage which, in the interior lots, is assessed as having a value, 
excluding buildings, of $55 per linear foot. 

The work is estimated to cost about $5,300, and it is estimated that the corre- 
sponding assessment will amount to about $4 per front foot. The assessed valuation 
of the property to be benefited is reported to be $101,250. 

An inspection of the ground shows that the street is graded, curbed and flagged; 
that fourteen buildings have been erected upon the southerly frontage, and that a 
number of others arc in course of construction on the northerly side. All of the 
subsurface structures have been provided. In the adjoining section on the west the 
street is paved, which condition also obtains in 5th Avenue, where trolley facilities 
are available. Sixth Avenue and 81st Street easterly therefrom are regulated and 
graded. 

From the financial statement now before the Board for consideration it appears 
that preliminary authorizations are now outstanding for this borough to a much 
greater extent than permitted under the Board rules, as well as to an amount 
substantially greater than the balance available for final authorizations as determined 
under the allotment made of the funds to be used for local improvements during the 
current year. 

The matter is placed upon the calendar at the request of the Commissioner of 
Public Works, but in view of the financial conditions herein set forth I am unable 
to make any definite recommendation as to authorization at this time, notwithstanding 
that the propriety of carrying out the improvement otherwise seems clear as well as 
consistent with the rules governing urgency. Respectfully, 

NELSON P. LEWIS, Chief Engineer. 

The following was offered : 

Whereas, the President of the Borough of Brooklyn has transmitted to the Board 
of Estimate and Apportionment a copy of a resolution of the Local Board of the 
Bay Ridge District, duly adopted by said Board on the 13th day of April, 1916, 
and approved by the President of the Borough of Brooklyn on the 5th day of Sep- 
tember, 1916, as follows, to wit: 

"Resolved, That the Local Board of the Bay Ridge District hereby initiates 

proceedings to lay a permanent asphalt pavement on 81st Street, from 5th Ave. 

nue to 6th Avenue ;" 
— and which resolution is accompanied with an approximate estimate of the cost of 
the work and the assessed value of the property benefited. 

Resolved, that the Board of Estimate and Apportionment hereby authorizes tht 
President of the Borough of Brooklyn to prepare plans, specifications and an estimate 
of cost based on actual survey, and also to secure a determination of the boundar> 
of the district of assessment; the entire expense of the work done subsequent to the 



5435 September 29. 1916. 

date of this authorization to be charged against the Street Improvement Fund and 
later included in the assessment. 

Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment will consider the 
authorization of tlie construction of the said proposed improvement after the Presi- 
dent of the Borough of Brooklyn has submitted a statement showing that all of tht 
above described work has been done, that he has secured the approval of the form 
of contract by the Corporation Counsel, that he is prepared to place the improvement 
under contract as soon as he receives the consent of the Board, and that the as- 
sessment map will be completed on or before the date of payment on acceptance, 
this report being accompanied by a further statement showing the quantity of work 
to be performed under eacli item and the unit price thereof, the expense incurred 
for preliminary work, the allowance to be made for additional engineering and con 
tingencies, the total probable cost, and the number of working days to be allowed 
the contractor for carrying out the work. 

Which was adopted by the following vote : 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Al- 
dermen, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan, and the Presidents ot 
the Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 



Borough of Queens. 

46th Street (National Avenue), 45th Street (DeWitt Street), 44th Street (Ben- 
jamin Street), 43rd Street (Grinnell Avenue), 42nd Street (Randall .Ave- 
nue), 41st Street (Evergreen Street), 40th Street (Clinton Avenue), and 
Junction Avenue, from Polk Avenue to Hayes Avenue, Borough of Queens — 
Sewers (Cal. No. 72). 

The Secretary presented a resolution adopted January 13, 1916, by the Local Board 
of the Newtown District, Borough of Queens, initiating proceedings for this im- 
provement; and the following report of the Chief Engineer: 

Report No. 16071. September 22nd, 1916. 

Hon. John Purrov Mitchel, Mayor, Chairman of the Board of lisiimate and Appor- 
tionment: 

Sir — Herewith is transmitted a resolution of the Local Board of the Newtown 
District, Borough of Queens, adopted on January 13th, 1916, initiating proceedini-i 
for constructing sewers in the following streets: 

46th Street (National Avenue), from Polk Avenue to Hayes Avenue; 45th Street 
(De Witt Street), from Polk Avenue to Hayes Avenue; 44th Street (Benjamin 
Street), from Polk Avenue to Hayes .Avenue; 43rd Street (Grinnell Avenue), from 
Polk Avenue to Hayes Avenue; 42nd Street (Randall Avenue), from Polk .Avenue 
to Haves Avenue; 41st Street (Evergreen Street), from Pr'lk Avenue to Hayes Ave- 
nue: 40th Street (Clinton Avenue), from Polk Avenue to Hayes Avenue; Junction 
Avenue, from Polk .\vcnuc to Hayes Avenue. 

This resolution affects two blocks of each of the streets named, having an aggre- 
gate length of a little more than one and one-half miles. The Corporation Counsel 
has advised that tlie streets are dedicated to public use. and although excepting in 
the case of 46th Street, 43rd Street and 41st Street the City's easement is limited to 
a part of the mapped street width, the area in which title has been thus established 
is adequate for the purposes of the desir<'d oon-^truction. 

Tin- imiirovement is petitioned for by ninety-one property owners, represent n- 
abmit 24 per cent, of the direct frontage which, in the interior lots, is assessed as 
having a value, excluding buildings, ranging from $24 to $3h per linear foot. In the 
area indirectly affected the taxed land value ranges from $24 to $75 per linear foot. 

The work is estimated to cost about $2S,2(X) and it is estimated that the corre- 
sponding assessment against the direct frontage will amount to about $1.30 per front 
foc/t this excluding the charge to be made for h(.use connecting drams. The area 
indirectlv affected comi)rises the frontage on Fillmore Avenue, between 46th Street 
and 37th' Street, and on 39th Street in the block north of I-illmore .Avenue, as well 
as the territory bounded approximatelv by Hayes Avenue. Junction Avenue. Jack- 
son Avenue and 42nd Street, which will temporardy secure an outlet mfo the Polk 
Avenue trunk sewer thrrrugh 40th Street. In the former case it is cstmiated that 
the assessment will amount to about $0.20. and in the latter W about ^^ J^Zl lll^'^^^ 
foot The assessed valuation of the land to be benefited is reported to be $//6.//.->. 

An inspection of the ground shows that the streets are in use and that they serve 
as frontage for apprr/ximatelv two hundred lunises. these including a public schoo 
occupving a plot having a frontage of about 200 feet on lunction Avenue, as weU 
as two churches located respectively on 40th Street and 41st Street. By reason of 



September 29, 1916. 5436 

its ownership of the former property the City will probably be subject to an assess- 
ment of about $300, and the church properties will probably be exempted from their 
proportional share of the cost, amounting tu about $200. In the area indirectly 
affected there are approximately one hundred and forty houses. The outlet sewer in 
Polk Avenue is built and its continuing outlet in 5 1st Street has been well advanced 
toward coinpletion, so that the authorization of the project now under consideration 
would appear to be timely and would permit of collecting the cost of the lateral 
sewers, together with the downstream sections under a single assessment. 

In the financial statement which has been prepared and which is now awaiting 
consideration by the Board attention has been drawn to the fact that there is no 
available balance remaining of the amount allotted to the Borough of Queens for 
final authorizations during the year 1916. as deduced from the general resolution 
governing the apportionment of available funds, notwithstanding that recognition 
has been given through the granting of preliininary authorization to the desirability 
of carrying out a large amount of work which has not yet been fully provided for. 
It is therefore clear that unless the Board is prepared to set aside an additional 
amount for the Borough of Queens the authorization should be deferred. 

The matter is placed upon the calendar at the request of the Acting Borough 
President, but in view of the financial conditions herein set forth I am unable to 
make any definite recommendation as to authorization at this time, notwithstanding 
that the propriety of carrying out the improvement otherwise seems clear as well as 
consistent with the rules governing urgency. 

Respectfully, NELSON P. LEWIS, Chief Engineer. 

The following was offered : 

Whereas, the President of the Borough of Queens has transmitted to the Board 
of Estimate and Apportionment a copy of a resolution of the Local Board of the 
Newtown District, duly adopted by said Board on the 13th day of January, 1916, 
and approved by the President of the Borough of Queens on the 19th day of January, 
1916, as follows, to wit: 

"Resolved, That this Board does hereby initiate proceedings for the said 

local improvement, to wit : 

"For the construction of a sewer and appurtenances in 46th Street (National 

Avenue), from Polk Avenue to Hayes Avenue; 45th Street (De Witt Street;, 

from Polk Avenue to Hayes Avenue; 44th Street (Benjamin Street), from 

Polk Avenue to Hayes Avenue; 43rd Street (Grinnell Avenue), from Polk 

Avenue to Hayes Avenue; 42nd Street (Randall Avenue), from Polk Avenue 

to Hayes Avenue; 41st Street (Evergreen Street), from Polk Avenue to Hayes 

Avenue; 40th Street (Clinton Avenue), from Polk Avenue to Hayes Avenue. 

Junction Avenue, Second Ward of the Borough of Queens," 
— and which resolution is accompanied with an approximate estimate of the cost of 
the work and the assessed value of the property benefited. 

Resolved, that the Board of Estimate and Apportionment hereby authorizes the 
President of the Borough of Queens to prepare plans, specifications and an estimate 
of cost based on actual survey, and also to secure a determination of the boundary 
of the district of assessment; the entire expense of the work done subsequent to the 
date of this authorization to be charged against the Street Improvement Fund and 
later included in the assessment. 

Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment will consider the 
authorization of the construction of the said proposed improvement after the Presi- 
dent of the Borough of Queens has submitted a statement showing that all of the 
above described work has been done, that he has secured the approval of the form 
of contract by the Corporation Counsel, that he is prepared to place the improvement 
under contract as soon as he receives the consent of the Board, and that the as- 
sessment map will be completed on or before the date of payment on acceptance ; 
this report being accompanied by a further statement showing the quantity of work 
to be performed under each item and the unit price thereof, the expense incurred 
for preliminary work, the allowance to be made for additional engineering and con- 
tingencies, the total probable cost, and the number of working days to be allowed 
the contractor for carrying out the work. 

Which was adopted by the following vote : 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Al- 
dermen, the^Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan, and the Presidents of 
the Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 



5437 September 29, 1916. 

Hancock Street, from Payntar Avenue to the Crown About 220 Feet Northerly 

Therefrom, Boroujjh of Queens — Sewer. 

Sewerage Districts Nos. 16-1 and 17-1, Borough of Queens— Modification of 

Drainage Plan (Cal. No. 73). 

The Secretary presented a resolution adopted May 11, 1914, by the Local Board 
of the Newtown District, Borough of Queens, initiating proceedings for this improve- 
ment; a communication dated June 13, 1916, from the Acting President of the Bor- 
ough of Queens, transmitting drainage plan for approval; and the following report 
of the Chief Engineer: 

Report No. 16083. September 23rd, 1916. 

Ho)i. John Purrov AlixcHtx, Mayor, Chairman of the Board of Estimate and Ap[<or- 
tionincnt : 

Sir— Herewith is transmitted a resolution uf the Local Board of the Newtown 
District. Borough of Queens, adopted on May 11th. 1914. initiating proceedings for 
constructing a sewer m Hancock Street, from Payntar Avenue to tiie crown about 
220 feet northerly therefrom. There is also transmitted a communication from the 
.Acting Borough President, bearing date of June 13th, 1916, preseming for considera- 
tion an amendatory plan under which provision is made for incorjjorating tliis sewer 
upon the City Drainage Map. 

Title to' this portion of Hancock Street has been legally acquired. 

The improvement is petitioned for by three property owners, representing about 
30 per cent, of the frontage which, insofar as it is affected by the proposed sewer, is 
all interior property and is assessed as having a value, excluding buildings, of ^32 per 
linear foot. 

The work is estimated to cost about $1,300, and it is estimated that the correspond- 
ing assessment will amount to about $3.80 per front foot, excluding the charge to be 
made for house connection drains. The assessed valuation of the land to be benefited 
is reported to be $10.5(>0. 

An inspection of the ground shows that the street is graded, curbed and flagged, 
and that three buildings of a modest tApe have been erected upon the property abutting 
upon the southwesterly side. The outlet sewer in the adjc/ining section of Hancock 
Street on the north is built. 

In the linancial statement which has liecn prepared and which is now awaiting 
consideration by the Board attention has been drawn to tlie fact that tliere is no 
available balance remaining of the amount allotted to tlie Bortoigh of Queens for 
final authorizations during the year 1916, as deduced from the general resolution 
governing the apportionment of available funds, notwithstanding that recognition 
has been given through the granting of preliminary authorization to the desirability 
of carrying out a large amount of work which has not yet been fully provided for. 
It is therefore clear that unless the Board is prepared to set aside an additional amount 
for the Borough of Queens the authorization should be deferred. 

The matter is i)lacc(! upon the calendar at the request of the Actinii Borough 
President, but in view of tlie financial ciniditions herein set fortli I am unable ti' make 
any definite recommendation as to authorization at this time, notwithstanding that 
the propriety of carrying out the improvement otherwise seems clear as well as con- 
sistent with the rules governing urgency. 

The plan herewith presented provides for extending the existing sewer in this 
block of Hancock Street a short distance to the south and for reversing the flow, 
instead of draining the alnitting property into Payntar Avenue, a^ indicated on the 
present legal drainage map. This course will result in materially decreasing the cost 
of construction, and the approval of the plan is recommended. 

Respectfully. NELSON P. LEWIS, Chief Engineer. 

The following was offered : 

Whereas, The President of the Borough of Queens has transmitted to the Board 
of Estimate and .Apportionment a copy of a resolution of the Local Board of the 
Newtown District, fhilv adopted by said Board on the 11th <lay of May, 19N, and 
approved by the President of the Borough of Queens on the 9th day of March, 1915, 
as follows, to wit : 

"Resolved. That this Board does hereby initiate proceedings for the said local 

improvement, to wit: 

"For the construction of a sewer and appurtenances in Hancock Street, from 

Payntar Avenue to the Crown, about 220 feet northerly from Payntar AA-enue, 

First Ward, of the Borough of Queens." 

and which resolution is accompanied with an approximate estimate of the cost of 

the work and the assessed value of the property benefited. 



September 29, 1916. 5438 

Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment hereby authorizes the 
President of the Borough of Queens to prepare plans, specifications and an estimate 
of cost based on actual survej-, and also to secure a determination of the boundary 
of the district of assessment; the entire expense of the work done subsequent to the 
date of this authorization to be charged against the Street Improvement Fund and 
later included in the assessment. 

Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment will consider the 
authorization of the construction of the said proposed improvement after the Presi- 
dent of the Borough of Queens has submitted a statement showing that all of the 
above described work has been done, that he has secured the approval of the form of 
contract by the Corporation Counsel, that he is prepared to place the improvement 
under contract as soon as he receives the consent of the Board, and that the assess- 
ment map will be completed on or before the date of payment on accopiance ; this 
report being accompanied Ijy a further statement showing the quantity of work to be 
performed under each item and the unit price thereof, the expense incurred for 
preliminary work, the allowance to be matle for additional engineering and con* 
tingencies, the total probable cost, and the numlier of working days to be allowed 
the contractor for carrying out the work. 

W'liicli was adnplccl by the folbnving vote: 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 

The following resolution was offered : 

Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment hereby approves the 
modified drainage plan for Sewerage Districts Nos. 16-1 and 17-1, Borough of 
Queens, showing the location, size and grades of a sewer in Hancock Street, between 
Freeman Avenue and Payntar Avenue, bearing the signature of the President of the 
Borough and dated May "31, 1916. 

\\ hicii was adopted by the folb/wing vote: 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 



Kingsland Avenue, from Way Avenue to Luydig Place; Louona Avenue, from 
Kingsland Avenue to Roosevelt Avenue, and 46th Street, from Roose= 
velt Avenue to Polk Avenue, Borough of Queens — Sewers (Cal. No. 74). 

The .Secretary presented a resolution adopted March 23, 1916, by the Local Board 
of the Newtown District. Borough of Queens, initiating proceedings for this improve- 
ment; and the following report of the Chief Engineer: 

Report No. 16067. Senlemlier 20. 1916. 

Hon. John Purroy Mtchfx, Mayor, Chairman of the Board of Hstiinatc and Appor- 
tionment: 

Sir — Herewith is transmitted a resoluti(m of the Local Board of the Newtown 
District, Borough of Queens, adopted on Marcli 23, 1916. initiating proceedings for 
constructing sewers in the following streets: Kingsland Avenue from Way Avenue 
to Luydig Place ; Louona Avenue from Kingsland Avenue to Roosevelt Avenue ; 
46th Street from Roosevelt Avenue to Polk Avenue. 

This resolution affects two blocks of 46th Street, and three blocks of each of 
the remaining streets, having an aggregate length of about 3,200 feet. The Corpora- 
tion Counsel has advised that each of the streets is dedicated to public use, and 
although in the case of Louona Avenue and Kingsland Avenue the public easement 
is limited to a part of the mapped street width, the land in which the City's ownership 
has been thus established is adequate for the ])urposes of the desired construction. 

The improvement is petitioned for by fourteen property owners representing 
about 16 per cent, of the direct frontage which, in the interior lots, is assessed as 
having a value, excluding buildings, ranging froiri $32 to $60 per linear foot. In the. 
remaining tributary area the taxed land value ranges from $20 to .$24 per linear foot 

The work is estimated to cost about $11,100, and it is estimated that the corre- 
sponding assessment will amount to about $1.80, and to about $0.30 per front foot in 
the areas respectively directly and indirectly affected, in the former case excluding 
the charge to be made for house connecting drains. The assessed valuation of the 
land to be benefited is reported to be $315,397. 

An inspection of the ground shows that 46th Street and Louona Avenue are 
paved, and that in Kingsland Avenue a graded roadway is in use. The central portion 
of the latter street is occupied by a double track trolley railroad which, between the- 



5439 September 29. 1916. 

rails, is paved with granite block. An aRRrcf^atc number of more than one hundred 
buildings have been erected upon the abutting property, these including a cluirch and 
firehouse on Kingsland Avenue, and a church on Louona Avenue. The church prop- 
erties will proI)al)ly be exempted from their proportional share of the expense, aggre- 
gating about $270. and by reason of its ownershi|) of the fireh<iuse the Citv will prob- 
ably be sul)jcct to an assessment of about $100. In the area indircctlv affected there 
are approximately forty buildings. The outlet sewers in Kingsland Avenue and in 
Roosevelt Avenue are under construction. 

In the Financial Statement which has been prepared and which is now awaiting 
consideration by the Board, attention has been drawn to the fact that there is no 
available balance remaining of the amount allotted to the Borough of Queens for 
final authorization during the year 1916, as deduced from the general resolution 
governing the apportionment of available funds, notwithstanding that recognition has 
been given through the granting of preliminary authorization to the desirability of 
carrying out a large amount of work which has not yet been fully provided for. It 
is therefore clear that unless the Board is prepared to set aside an additional amount 
for tlie Borough of Queens the authorization should be deferred. 

The matter is placed upon the calendar at the request of the Acting Borough 
President, but in view of the financial conditions herein set forth I am unable to 
make any definite recommendation as to authorization at this time, notwithstanding 
that the propriety of carrying out the improvement otherwise seems clear as well as 
consistent with the rules governing urgency. 

Respectfully, NELSON P. LEWIS, Chief Engineer. 

The following was offered: 

Whereas, The President of the Borough of Queens has transmitted to the Board 
of Estimate and Apportionment a copy of a resolution of the Local Board of the 
Newtown District, dulv adopted bv said Board on the 23d day of March, 1916, and 
approved by the President of the Borough of Queens on the 7th day of August, 1916, 
as follows, to wit: 

"Resolved, That this Board does hereby initiate proceedings for the said local 

improvement, to wit : 

"For the construction of a sewer and appurtenances in Kingsland Avenue, 

from Way Avenue to Luydig Place ; Louona Avenue, from Kingsland Avenue 

to Roosevelt Avenue, and in Forty-sixth Street, from Roosevelt Avenue to Polk 

Avenue. Second Ward, of the Borough of Queens." 
— and which resolution is accompanied with an apphoximate estimate of the cost of 
the work and the assessed value of the property benefited. 

Resolved. That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment hereby authorizes the 
President of the Borough of Queens to prepare plans, specifications and an estimate 
of cost based on actual survey, and also to secure a determination of the boundary 
of the district of assessment; the entire expense of the work done subsequent to the 
date of this authorization to be charged against the Street Improvement Fund and 
later included in the assessment. 

Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment will consider the 
authorization of the construction of the said proposed improvement after the Presi- 
dent of the Borough of Queens has submitted a statement showing that all of the 
above described work has been done, that he has secured the approval of the form of 
contract by the Corporation Counsel, that he is prepared to place the improvement 
under contract as soon as he receives the consent of the Board, and that the assess- 
ment map will be completed on or before the date of payment on acceptance; this 
report being accompanied by a further statement showing the quantity of work to be 
performed under each item and the unit price thereof, the expense incurred for 
preliminary work, the allowance to be made for additional engineering and con- 
tingencies, the total probable cost, and the number of working days to be allowed 
the contractor for carrying out the work. 

Which was adopferl by the following vote: 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of .Mder- 
men. the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 



Nott Avenue, from Nan Alst Anchuc to East RlNer. Florough of Oucens — Amend- 
ing Resolution for Constructing Sewer (Cal. No. 75). 

The Secretary preseiiteil a resoluti"n adopted June 22, \9\(\ liy the Local Board 
of the Newtown District. Borough of Queens, initiating proceedings for this im- 
provement; and the following report of the Chief Engineer: 



September 29, 1916. 5440 

Report No. 16086. September 25th, 1916. 

Hon. John Purroy Mitchel, Mayor, Chairman of the Board of Estiin-ate and Appor- 
tionment: 

Sir — Under the provisions of a resolution adopted 1)y the Board of Estimate and 
Apportionment on June 27th, 1912, and amended on May 15th, 1914, and in accord- 
ance with a resolution of the Local Board of the Newtown District, Borough of 
Queens, adopted on April 12th, 1912, and amended on November 21st, 1913, prelimi- 
nary authorization was given in the matter of constructing a sewer in Nott Avenue 
from the East River to Van Alst Avenue. 

The work was estimated to cost about $39,200, and the assessed valuation of the 
property to be benefited was reported to be $2,737,020. 

The existing sewer in this street between Hancock Street and Van Alst Avenue 
was subsequently found to be adequate for the requirements for some time to come, 
and apparently at the request of the borough authorities, the Local Board on June 
22nd, 1916, adopted a new resolution, which is herewith transmitted, amending its 
resolution of November 21st, to which reference has been made, so as to provide for 
the construction of a sewer in the section west of Hancock Street only. 

The work as now contemplated is estimated to cost about $36,100, and the 
assessed valuation of the land within the tributary area is stated to be $3,695,895. 

In view of the limited amount of money available for the carrying out of physical 
improvements, and of the information now presented establishing the practicability 
of curtailing the scope of the proceeding as heretofore planned, the modification now 
proposed appears to be a proper one, and I would recommend that the latter Local 
Board resolution be approved. Respectfully, 

NELSON P. LEWIS, Chief Engineer. 

The following, resolution was offered : 

Resolved, That the resolution adopted by the Board of Estimate and Apportion- 
ment on June 27, 1912, and amended on May 15, 1914, granting preliminary authori- 
zation for the construction of a sewer and appurtenances in Nott Avenue, from 
the East River to Van Alst Avenue, First Ward of the Borough of Queens, be and 
the same is hereby further amended by excluding therefrom the section of said Nott 
Avenue east of Hancock Street, the amended resolution to read as follows: 

Whereas, The President of the Borough of Queens has transmitted to the Board 
of Estimate and Apportionment a copy of a resolution of the Local Board of the 
Newtown District duly adopted by said Board on the 22nd day of June, 1916, and 
approved by the President of the Borough of Queens on the 28th day of June, 1916, 
initiating proceedings for the following local im.provement : 

"For the construction of a sewer and appurtenances in Nott Avenue, from 

the East River to Hancock Street, First Ward of the Borough of Queens." 
— and which resolution is accompanied with an approximate estimate of the cost 
of the work and the assessed value of the property benefited. 

Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment hereby .authorizes 
the President of the Borough of Queens to prepare plans, specifications and an esti- 
mate of cost based on actual survey, and also to secure a determination of the boun- 
dary of the district of assessment; the entire expense of the work done subsequent 
to tht date of this authorization to be charged against the Street Improvement Fund 
and later included in the assessment. 

Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment will consider the au- 
thorization of the construction of the said proposed improvement after the President, 
of the Borough of Queens has submitted a statement showing that all of the above 
described work has been done, that he has secured the approval of the 'orm of con- 
tract bv the Corporation Counsel, that he is prepared to place the improvement under 
contract as soon as he receives the consent of the Board, and that the assessment rnap 
will be completed on or before the date of payment on acceptance ; this report Using 
accompanied by a further statement .showing the quantity of work to be_ performed 
under each item and the unit price thereof, the expense incurred for preliminary work, 
'.he allowance to be made for additional engineering and contingencies, the total 
probable cost, and the number of working days to be allowed the contractor for 
carrying out the work. 

Which was adopted by the following vote: 

Affirmative— The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond--16. 



5441 September 29. 1916. 

Wyckoff Avenue, from Halsey Street to a Line About 158 l-'eet Southeast of 
Cody Street, from the Latter Point to Cooper Avenue, and from Halsey Street 
to Cooper Avenue, Borough of Queens — Recurbing, Curbing and Paving (CaL 
No. 76). 

The Secretary presented a resolution adopted F^tbruary 3, 1916, by the Local Board 
of the Newtown District, Borough of Queens, initiating proceedings for this improve- 
ment; and the following report of t!ie Chief Engineer: 

Report No. 16003. September 20, 1916. 

Hon. John Purroy Mitchel, sMayor, Chairman of the Board of Estimate and Ap- 
portionment: 

Sir — Herewith is transmitted a resolution of the Local Board of the Newtown 
District, Borough of Queens, adopted on February 3, 1916, initiating proceedings for 
recurbing Wyckoff Avenue, from Halsey Street to a line about 158 feet southeast of 
Cody Street, for curbing from the latter point to Cooper Avenue, and for paving the 
street with asphalt (permanent pavement) from Halsey street to Cooper .Avenue. 

This resolution affects six and one-half blocks, or about 1,600 feet, at the easterly 
end of Wyckoff Avenue. From Halsey Street to the former location of Moffatt 
Street title to the street has been legally acquired, and the Corporation Counsel has 
advised that through the remaining portion of the distance the street has been dedi- 
cated to the public use for a width of about 50 feet within the limits of the existing 
highway. The final maps for this section of the Borough embody provision for giving 
the street a uniform width of 60 feet, and, although no proceedings have as yet 
been initiated for the acquisition of the land needed for the widening, this is stated 
to be approximately at the established grade, and the area to which the City's title has 
been established is adequate for the purposes of the desired construction for the 
reason that the improvement is to be limited to the roadway, which is 30 feet wide. 

The work is petitioned for by 14 property owners, representing about 30 per cent, 
of the frontage, which, in the interior lots, is assessed as having a value, excluding 
buildings, ranging from $45 to $50 per linear foot. 

The work is estimated to cost about $13,200, and it is estimated that the corre- 
sponding assessment will amount to about $5 per front foot. The assessed valuation 
of the property to be benefited is reported to be $140,000. 

An inspection of the ground shows that the street is paved for a portion of its 
width and that the curbing and flagging have been laid from Halsey Street to the 
former location of Moffatt Street, although south of Norman Street it will have to he 
reconstructed for the reason that it was here made to conform with the existing 
street and is not in its legal position. The abutting i)r<iperty is largely improved with 
buildings of a substantial character, these including a church at the easterly corner 
of Summerfield Street, occupying a plot having a frontage of 100 feet. This property 
will probablv be exempted from its proportional share of the expense, amounting to 
about $500. ' Information is presented to show that the existing pavement was paid 
for from the proceeds of bonds which will not mature until 1917, and the work now 
under consideration, therefore, appears to constitute an original improvement, the cost 
of which may properly be assessed against tiie fr<intage. .Ml of tht- subsurface struc- 
tures have been provided. In the atljoining section on the west the street is paved 
with granite block and in Cooper .Xvenuc a strip 16 feet wide along the center is 
paved with asphalt. At Cooper Avenue the street is crossed by the Manhattan Beach 
Division of the Long Island Railroad, and a railroad liridge has already been here 

erected. , , • , • 

In the Financial Statement which has been prepared and which is now aw.-iiting 
consideration bv the Board, attention has been drawn to the fact that there is no 
available balance remaining of the amount allotted to the Borough of Queens f«^r final 
authorizations during the vear 1916. as deduced from the general resolution governing 
the apportionment of available funds notwithstanding that recognition has been 
given through the granting of preliminary authorization to the desirability of carrying 
out a large amount of work which has not yet been fully provided for. It is there- 
fore clear that unless the Board is prepared to set aside an additional amount for the 
Borough of Oueens the authorization should be deferred. 

The matter is placed upon the calendar at the request of the .\cting Borough 
President, but in view of the financial conditions herein set forth I am unable to 
make any definite recommendation as to authorization at this time, notwithstand- 
ing that the propriety of carrying out the improvement otherwise seems clear as well ai 
consistent with the rules governing urgencv. ^^"'"^^t full v. „. . . „ . 

NELSON P. LEWIS, Chief Engineer. 

The following was offered : . , ^ , •.. . . .u u j 

Whereas The President of the Borough of Queens has transmitted to the Board 

of Estimate and Apportionment a copy of a resolution of the Local Board of the 



September 29, 1916. 5442 

Newtown District, duly adopted by said Board on the 3d day of February, 1916, and 
approved by the President of the Borough of Queens on the 10th day of February, 
1916, as follows, to wit: 

"Resolved, That this Board does hereby niitiate proceedings for the said 

local improvement, to wit : 

"For recuibing from Halsey Street to a line about 157.75 feet southeast of 

Cody Street, for curbing from above line to Cooper Avenue and for regulating 

and paving with a permanent pavement of sheet asphalt upon a concrete founda- 
" tion six inches in thickness, together with all work incidental thereto, from Halsey 

Street to Cooper Avenue, in Wyckoff Avenue, Second Ward, of the Borough of 

Queens." 
— and which resolution is accompanied with an approximate estimate of the cost of 
the work and the assessed value of the property benefited. 

Resolved. That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment hereby authorizes the 
President of the Borough of Queens to prepare plans, specifications and an estimate 
of cost based on actual survey, and also to secure a determination of the boundary 
of the district of assessment; the entire expense of the work done subsequent to the 
date of this authorization to be charged against the Street Improvement Fund and 
later included in the assessment. 

Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment will consider the 
authorization of the construction of the said proposed improvement after the Presi- 
dent of the Borough of Queens has submitted a statement showing that all of the 
above described work has been done, that he has secured the approval of the form 
of contract by the Corporation Counsel, that he is prepared to place the improvement 
under contract as soon as he receives the consent of the Board, and that the assess- 
ment map will be completed on or before the date of payment on acceptance ; this 
report being accompanied by a further statement showing the quantity of work to 
be performed under each item and the unit price thereof, the expense incurred for 
preliminary work, the allowance to be made for additional engineering and con- 
tingencies, the total probable cost, and the number of working days to be allowed the 
contractor for carrying out the work. 

W'bich was adopted by the following vote: 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond— 16. 



Grove Street, from Grandview Avenue to Forest Avenue, Borough of Queens — 
Grading and Curbing (Cal. No. 77). 

The Secretary presented a resolution adopted July 20, 1916, by the Local Board 
of the Newtown District, Borough of Queens, initiating proceedings for this improve- 
ment; and the following report of the Chief Engineer: 

Report No. 15985. September 19. 1916. 

Hon. John Purroy Mitchel, Mayor, Chainnan of the Board of Estimate and Appor- 
tionment: 

Sir — Herewith is transmitted a resolution of the Local Board of the Newtown 
District, Borough of Queens, adopted on July 20. 1916. initiating proceedings for 
grading the roadway space and for curbing Grove Street from Grandview Avenue to 
Forest Avenue. 

This resolution affects one block, or about 400 feet of Grove Street, title to which 
has been legally acquired. 

The improvement is petitioned for by seven property owners representing about 
71 per cent, of the frontage, which, in the interior lots, is assessed as having a value, 
excluding buildings, of $32 per linear foot. 

The work is estimated to cost about $1,200, and it is estimated that the correspond- 
ing assessment will amount to about $1.65 per front foot. The assessed valuation of 
the property to be benefited is reported to be $24,000. 

An inspection of the ground shows that the street is roughly in use, but that the 
curbiu'/ and flagging are almost entirely lacking. A few buildings have been erected 
upon the alnitting property. In the adjoining section on the northeast the street is 
approximately graded, but on the southwest it is paved, which condition also obtains 
in each of the intersecting streets. 

In the Financial Statement which has been prepared and which is now awaiting 
consideration by the Board, attention has been drawn to the fact that there is no 
available balance remaining of the amount allotted to the Borough of Queens for 
final authorizations during the year 1916, as deduced from the general resolution 
governing the apportionment of available funds, notwithstanding that recognition 



5443 September 29. 1916. 

has been given through the granting of preliminary authorization to tlie ck-siral)ility 
of carrying out a large amount of work which has not yet been fully provided for. 
It is therefore clear that unless the Board is prepared to set aside an additional 
amount for the Borougli of Queens the authorization should be deferred. 

The matter is placed upon the calendar at the request of the .Acting Borough 
President, but in view of the financial conditions herein set forth I am unable to 
make any definite recommendation as to authorization at this time, notwithstanding! 
that the propriety of carrying our the improvement otherwise seems clear as well iis 
consistent with the rules governing urgency. 

Respectfully, NELSON P. LEWIS, Chief Engineer. 

The following was offered : 

W iiereas, The President of the Borough of Queens has transmitted to the Board 
of Estimate and Apportionment a copv of a resolution of the Local Board of the 
Newtown District, dulv adopted by said Board on the 20th day of July, 1916, and 
approved by the President of the Borough of Queens on the 28th day of July, 1916, 
initiating proceedings for the following local improvement: 

"For regulating and grading the roadway, curbing and laying crosswalks, 
together with all work incidental thereto, in Grove Street, from Grandview Ave- 
nue to Forest .\venue, Second Ward of the Borough of Queens." 
— and which resolution is accompanied with an approximate estimate of the cost of 
the work and the assessed value of the property benefited. 

Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment hereby authorizes the 
President of the Borough of Queens to prepare plans, specifications and an estimate 
of cost based on actual survey, and also to secure a determination of the boundary 
of the district of assessment; the entire expense of the work done subsequent to the 
date of this authorization to be charged against the Street Improvement Fund and 
later included in the assessment. 

Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment will consider the 
authorization of the construction of the said proposed improvement after the Presi- 
dent of the Borough of Queens has submitted a statement showing that all of the 
above described work has been done, that he has secured the approval of the form 
of contract by the Corporation Counsel, that he is prepared to place the improvement 
under contract as soon as he receives the consent of the Board, and that the assess- 
ment map will be completed on or before the date of payment on acceptance; this 
report being accompanied by a further statement showing the quantity of work to 
be performed under each item atid the unit price thereof, the expense incurred for 
preliminary work, the allowance to be m.ade for additional engineering and con- 
tingencies, the total probable cost, and the number of wurkiim d.iys to be allowed the 
contractor for carrying out the work. 

Which was adopted by the following vote: 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond— 16. 



Fairview Avenue, from Stanhope Street to Greene Avenue, Borough of Queens 
— Regulating and (jrading (Cal. .No. 78). 

The Secretary presented a resoluliuu adopted January 13, 19l0, by the Local 
Board of the Newtown District, Borough of Queens, initiating proceedings for this 
improvement; and the following report of the Chief Engineer: 

Report Xo. 16(K)0. September 20, 1916. 

Hon. John Plrrov Mitciiel, Mayor, Chairman of lite Board of Estimate and Appor- 
tionment: 

Sir Herewith is transmitted a resolution cyf the Local Board of the Newtown 

District, Borough of Queens, adopted on January 13lh, 1916, initiating proceedings 
for grading, curljing and flagging l-'airview Avenue, from Stanhope Street to Greene 
Avenue. . 

This resolution afTects three blocks or about 700 feet at the westerly end of Fair- 
view .\venuc. title to which has been legally acquired. 

The imi)rovement is petitioned for by 12 property owners, representing about 
30 per cent, of the frontage, which, in the interior lots, is assessed as having a value, 
excluding buildings, langing fr(^m $42 to $50 per linear foot. 

The work is estimated to cost about $2,.-><)0. and it is estimated that the ccnrc- 
sponding assessment will amount to about $2.10 per frtwt foot. The assessed valua- 
tion of the property to be benefited is reported to be $59.0(X). 

An inspectii^n of the ground shows that an approximately graded roadway i.-5 in 
', that a small amount of curbing and flagging has been laid, and that the abutting 



use 



September 29, 1916. 5444 

property is a little more than 50 per cent, improved with buildings of a substantial 
character. 

In the Financial Statement which has been prepared and which is now awaiting 
consideration by the Board attention has been drawn to the fact that there is no avail- 
able balance remaining of the amount allotted to the Borough of Queens for final 
authorizations during the year 1916, as deduced from the general resolution govern- 
ing the apportionment of available funds, notwithstanding that recognition has been 
given through the granting of preliminary authorization to the desirability of carry- 
ing out a large amount of work which has not yet been fully provided for. It is 
therefore clear that unless the Board is prepared to set aside an additional amount for 
the Borough of Queens the authorization should be deferred. 

The matter is placed upon the calendar at the request of the Acting Borough 
President, but in view of the financial conditions herein set forth I am unable to 
make any definite recommendation as to authorization at this time, notwithstanding 
that the propriety of carrying out the improvement otherwise seems clear as well as 
consistent with the rules governing urgenc-y. 

Respectfully, NELSON P. LEWIS, Chief Engineer. 

The following was offered : 

Whereas, the President of the Borough of Queens has transmitted to the Board 
of Estimate and Apportionment a copy of a resolution of the Local Board of the 
Newtown District, duly adopted by said Board on the 13th day of January, 1916, and 
approved by the President of the Borough of Queens on the 19th day of January, 
1916, as follows, to wit : 

"Resolved, that this Board does hereby initiate proceedings for the said local 

improvement, to wit : 

"For regulating, grading, curbing and laying sidewalks where necessary, to- 
gether with all work incidental thereto, in Fairview Avenue, from Stanhope Street 

to Greene Avenue, Second Ward of the Borough of Queens"; 
— and which resolution is accompanied with an approximate estimate of the cost of 
the work and the assessed value of the property benefited. 

Resolved, that the Board of Estimate and Apportionment hereby authorizes the 
President of the Borough of Queens to prepare plans, specifications and an estimate 
of cost based on actual survey, and also to secure a determination of the boundary 
of the district of assessment; the entire expense of the work done subsequent to the 
date of this authorization to be charged against the Street Improvement Fund and 
later included in the assessment. 

Resolved, that the Board of Estimate and Apportionment will consider the au- 
thorization of the construction of the said proposed improvement after the President 
of the Borough of Queens has submitted a statement showing that all of the above 
described work has been done, that he has secured the approval of the form of con- 
tract by the Corporation Counsel, that he is prepared to place the improvement imden 
contract as soon as he receives the consent of the Board, and that the assessment map 
will l)e completed on or before the date of payment on acceptance; this report being 
accompanied by a further statement showing the quantity of work to be performed 
under each item and the unit price thereof, the expense incurred for preliminary 
work, the allowance to be made for additional engineering and contingencies, the 
total probable cost, and the number of working days to be allowed the contractor 
for carrying out the work. 

W'liich was adopted by the following vote: 

Affirmative — The Mayor, tlie Comi)trollcr, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of ?klanhattan and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 



Woodbine Street, from Myrtle Avenue to a Line 100 Feet Northeast of St. 
Nicholas Avenue, Borough of Queens — Regulating, Grading and Paving (Cal. 
No. 79). 

The Secretary presented a resolution adopted March 4, 1915, by the Local Board 
of the Newtown District, Borough of Queens, initiating proceedings for this im- 
provement; and the following report of the Chief Engineer: 

Report No. 16068. September 22nd, 1916. 

Hon. John Purroy Mitchkl, Mayor, Chairman of th'j Board of Estimate and Appor- 
tionnfent: 

Sir — Herewith is transmitted a resolution of the Local Board of the Newtown 
District, Borough of Queens, adopted on March 4th, 1915, initiating proceedings for 
gradins, curbing, flagging and paving with asphalt (permanent pavement) Wood- 
bine Street, from Myrtle Avenue to a line one hundred feet northeasterly from 
St. Nicholas Avenue. 



5445 September 29, 1916. 

This resolution affects a little more tlian one block or about 250 feet of Wood- 
bine Street, title to which has l>een legally acquired. 

The resolution is intended to replace a similar one including a greater street 
length which was referred back to the l>«'cal lioard at tlie meeting held on January 
29th, 1915, to be amended by the exclusion of an area which iiad already been paved 
by the property owners with an asphalt pavement of a preliminary character. The 
original improvement was petitioned for by a number of property owners whusc 
rioldings, however, appear to be located at the northerly end of the street where 
the roadway has already been paved and the abutting property largely built up, and 
who desire the further improvement of the street so as to secure a much needed 
outlet into Myrtle Avenue. The property fronting on the section now under con- 
sideration is assessed as having a value ranging from $60 to $80 per linear foot. 

The work is estimated to cost about $3,900, and it is estimated that the corre- 
sponding assessment will ainount to about $7 per front foot. The assessed valuation 
of the property to be benefited is reported to be $27,000. 

An inspection of the ground shows that an approximately graded roadway is in 
use without curbing or flagging, and that, with the exception of a building on the 
easterly side of Myrtle Avenue, the abutting property is entirely unimproved. All 
of the necessary subsurface structures have been provided. ,\s above noted, the 
street is paved in the adjoining section on the north, and the improvement now 
under consideration is undoubtedly needed to provide a connecting link for traffic 
seeking an outlet into Myrtle Avenue, which latter street constitutes the most im- 
portant traffic artery in the vicinity. 

In the financial statement which has been prepared and which is now awaiting 
consideration by the Board, attention has been drawn to the fact that there is no 
available balance remaining of the amount allotted to the Borough of Queens for 
final authorizations during the year 1916, as deduced from the general resolution 
governing the apportionment of available funds, notwithstanding that recognition 
has been given through the granting of preliminary authorization to the desirability 
of carrying out a large amount of work which has not yet been fully provided for. 
It is, therefore, clear that unless the Board is prepared to set aside an additional 
amount for the Borough of Queens, the authorization should be deferred. 

The matter is placed upon the calendar at the request of the .Vcting Borough 
President, but in view of the financial conditions herein set forth, I am unable to 
make anj' definite recommendation as to authorization at this time, notwithstanding 
that the propriety of carrying out the improvement otherwise seems clear as well as 
consisent w-ith the rules governing urgencv. 

Respectfully, NELSON P. LEWIS, Chief Engineer. 

The following was offered : 

Whereas, the President of the Borough of Queens has transmitted to the Board 
of Estimate and Apportiontnent a copy of a resolution of the Local Board of the 
Newtown District, duly adopted by said Board on the 4th day of March, 1915. and 
approved by the President of the Borough of Queens on the 11th day of March, 1915, 
as follows, to wit : 

"Resolved, that this Board does hereby initiate proceedings for the said local 
improvement, to wit : 

"For regulating, grading, curbing and laying sidewalks (where not already 
laid to grade and in good CDiulition) and i)aving with a permanent pavement of 
sheet asphalt on a concrete foundation six inches in thickness, and all work inci- 
dental thereto, in Woodbine Street, from Myrtle .\vcnue to a line 100 feet north- 
easterly from the northeasterly house line of St. Nicholas .\venue, Second Ward 
of the Borough of Queens"; 

and which resolution is accompanied with an approximate estimate of the cost of 

the work and the assessed value of the property benefited. 

Resolved, that the Board of Estimate and .Apportionment hereby authorizes the 
President of the Borough of Queens to prepare plans, specifications and an estimate 
of cost based on actual survey, and also to secure a determination of the boundary 
of the district of assessment ; the entire expense of the work done subsequent to 
the date of this authorization to be charged against the Street Improvement Fund 
and later included in the assessment. . , , 

Resolved, that the Board of Estimate and Apportionment will consider the au- 
thorization of the construction of the said proposed improvement after the President 
of the Borough of Queens has submitted a statement sliowing that all of the above 
described work has been done, that he has secured the approval of the form of con- 
tract by the Corporation Counsel, that he is prepared to place the improvement under 
contract as soon as he receives the consent of the Board, and that the assessment map 



September 29, 1916. 5446 

will be completed on or before the date of payment on acceptance; this report being 
accompanied by a further statement sliowing the quantity of work to be performed 
under each item and the unit price thereof, the expense incurred for preliminary work, 
the allowance to be made for additional engineering and contingencies, the total prob- 
able cost and the number of working days to be allowed the contractor for carrying 
out the work. 

Which was adopted by the following vote : 

Affirmative— The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 



Payntar Avenue, from Jackson Avenue to Academy Street, Borough of Queens 

—Paving (Cal. No. 80). 

The Secretary presented a resolution adopted Alarch 25, 1915, by the Local Board 
of the Newtown District, Borough of Queens, initiating proceedings for this improve- 
ment; and the following report of the Chief Engineer: 

Report No. 16066. September 20, 1916. 

Hon. John Purroy Mitchel, Mayor, Chairman of the Board of Estimate and Ap- 
portionment: 

Sir — Herewith is transmitted a resolution of the Local Board of the Newtown 
District, Borough of Queens, adopted on March 25, 1915, initiating proceedings for 
paving with granite block (permanent pavement) Payntar Avenue, from Jackson Ave- 
nue to Academy Street. 

This resolution affects two blocks, or about 500 feet, of Payntar Avenue, title 
to which has been legally acquired. 

The improvement is petitioned for by six property owners, representing about 
48 per cent, of the frontage, which, in the interior lots, is assessed as having a value, 
excluding buildings, ranging from $76 to $80 per linear foot. 

The work is estimated to cost about $6,800, and it is estimated that fhe corre- 
sponding assessment will amount to about $8.30 per front foot. The assessed valua- 
tion of the property to be benefited is reported to be $62,000. 

An inspection of the ground shows that the street is graded, curbed and flagged, 
and that a number of buildings have been erected upon the abutting property which, 
although involving the development of more than 50 per cent, of the frontage, are 
generally of a modest type. With the exception of the gas main, all of the sub- 
surface structures have been provided. The improvement is desired more particularly 
to establish a route for the diversion of west-bound traffic from Jackson Avenue, 
which is congested by reason of the public travel over the Queensboro Bridge. Each 
of the intersecting streets is paved. 

In the Financial Statement which has been prepared and which is now awaiting 
consideration by the Board, attention has been drawn to the fact that there is no 
available balance remaining of the amount allotted to the Borough of Queens for 
final authorizations during the year 1916, as deduced from the general resolution 
governing the apportionment of available funds, notwithstanding that recognition 
has been given through the granting of preliminary authorization to the desirability 
of carrying out a large amount of work which has not yet been fully provided for. 
It is therefore clear that unless the Board is prepared to set aside an additional 
amount for the Borough of Queens, the authorization should be deferred. 

The matter is placed upon the calendar at the request of the Acting Borough 
President, but in view of the financial conditions herein set forth I am unable to make 
any definite recommendation as to authorization at this time, notwithstanding that 
the propriety of carrying out the improvement otherwise seems clear as well as con- 
sistent with the rules governing urgency. If preliminary authorization is given it 
should be with the understanding that the authorization of the construction will be 
deferred until the gas main has been provided for. Respectfullv, 

NELSON P. LEWIS," Chief Engineer. 

The following was offered : 

Whereas, the President of the Borough of Queens has transmitted to the Board 
of Estimate and Apportionment a copy of a resolution of the Local Board of the 
Newtown District, duly adopted by said Board on the 25th day of March, 1915, and 
approved by the President of the Borough of Queens on the 10th day of April, 1915, 
as follows, to wit : 

"Resolved, That this Board does hereby initiate proceedings for the said 

local improvement, to wit : 

"For regulating and paving with a permanent pavement of granite block upon 

a concrete foundation six inches in thickness, together with all work incidental 

thereto, in Payntar Avenue, from Jackson Avenue to Academy Street, First Ward 

of the Borough of Queens," 



5447 Scptcmher 29. 191o. 

— and which resolution is accompanied with an approximate estimate of the cost of 
the work and the assessed vakie of the property benefited. 

Resolved. That the Board of I'stimate and Apportionment herehy authorizes the 
President of the Borough of Queens to prepare plans, specifications and an estimate 
of cost based on actual survey, and also to secure a determination of the boundary 
of the district of assessment; the entire expense of the work done subsequent to the 
date of this authorization to be charged against the Street Improvement F'und and 
later included in the assessment. 

Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment will consider the 
authorization of the construction of the said proposed improvement after the Presi- 
dent of the Borough of Queens has submitted a statement showing that all of the 
above described work has been done, that he has secured the approval of the form 
of contract by the Corporation Counsel, that he is prepared to place the improvement 
under contract as soon as he receives the consent of the Board, and that the assess- 
ment map will l.e completed on cr before the date of payment on acceptance; this 
report lieing accompanied by a further statement showing the quantity of work to 
be performed under each item and the unit price thereof, the expense incurred for 
preliminary work, the allowance to be made for additional engineering and con- 
tingencies, the total probable cost, and the num.bcr of working days to be allowed the 
contractor for carrying out the work. 

Which was adopted by the following vote : 

Aftirm.ative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan, and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 



Final Authorization. 

Borough of Brooklyn. 

The Secretary presented the following report of the Chief Engineer relative to 
Calendar Nos. 81 and 82 : 

Report No. 16087. September 25, 1916. 

Hon. John Pcrroy Mitchel, Mayor, Chairman of the Foard of Estimate and Appor- 
tionment: 

Sir — Herewith are transmitted communications from the President of the BoroTiRh 
of Brooklyn, advising that all of the conditions imposed by the Hoard prior to the 
authorization of the following local improvements have been complied with : 

1. Grading, where necessary, and paving with second-hand granite block (pre- 
liminary pavement), for a width of 20 feet, centrally located, Maspeth .-Xvcnue, from 
Morgan Avenue to a line about 160 feet east of Seneca Avenue. 

The preliminary work for this improvement was authorized by the Board of 
Estimate and -Apportionment on September 15, 1916, at which time information was 
presented to show that its probalile cost would be about $10,200. The Borough 
President states that the time to be allowed for the conipleti<in of the improvenunt 
is 40 days, and that the expense incurred for the preliminary work amounts to $37.50. 

The work to be done comprises the following: 1,255 cubic yards Ailing; 7,527 
square yards second-hand granite l)lock pavement. 

The cost of the improvement is now estimated to he $10,200. 

2. Sewer in Woodbine Street, from Irving Avenue to Knickerbocker Avenue. 
The preliminary work for this improvement was authorized by the Board of 

Estimate and .Apportionment on March 31, 1916, at which time information wai 
pre!;ented to .show that its probable cost would be almut $2,000. The Borough 
President states that the time to be allowed for the completion of the improvement 
is 40 days, :md that the expense incurred for the preliminary work amounts to $45.20. 

The work to be done comprises the following: 595 linear feet 12-inch pipe sewer, 
6 manholes, 2 receiving basins. 

The cost of the improvement is now estimated to be $2.2f>0. 

The urgency of these improvements was cstabli*ihed at the time when the pre- 
liminary authorizations were given, and it is recmmcnded that the construction work 
be now authorized. Respectfully. NELSON' P. LEWIS. Ciiief Engineer. 

Maspeth Avenue, from .Morgan .Avenue to a Line Ahout K'O Feet Fast of 
Seneca .Avenue. Brooklyn — (irading anj Pa\jng (Cnl. No. 81). 

The fallowing was offercii : 

A copy of a resolution of the I>ocaI Board of the Williamsburgh District, duly 
adopted bv said Board on the 31st day of August. 1916, and approved by the President 
of the Borough of Brooklvn on the 5th day of September, 1916. having been trans- 
mitted t.i tbi- P.I ard of Estimate and .Apportionment, as follows, to wit: 



September 29, 1916. 5448 

"Resolved, That the Local Board of the Williamsburgh District hereby 
initiates proceedings to pave with second hand granite on sand (preliminary 
pavement) a strip twenty (20) feet in width, centrally located on Maspeth 
Avenue, from Morgan Avenue to a line about 160' feet east of Seneca Avenue, and 
grade where necessary," 
— and thereupon on the 15th day of September, 1916, resolution having been adopted 
by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment authorizing the President of the 
Borough of Brooklyn to prei)are the necessary plans, specifications and an estimate of 
the cost of the proposed improvement based on actual survey and further resolving 
that the Board of Estimate and Apportionment will consider the authorization of 
the construction of the proposed improvement after the President of the Borough of 
Brooklyn has sul)mitted certain statements as provided in the said resolution, and 
the said resolution having been duly complied with by the President of the Borough 
of Brooklyn, as appears by papers and documents on the files of the Board of Esti- 
mate and Apportionment, and' there having been presented to the Board of Esti- 
mate and Apportionment an estimate in writing in such detail as the Board has 
directed that the cost of the proposed work or improvement, together with the pre- 
liminary expenses, will be the sum of $10,200; and a statement of the assessed value 
according to the last preceding tax roll of the real estate included within the probable 
area of assessment, to wit, the sum of $168,700 having also been presented, it is 

Resolved, That the said resolution of the Local Board be and the same is hereby 
approved and the construction of the local improvement therein provided for is 
hereby authorized. This Board does hereby determine that no portion of the cost 
and expense thereof shall be borne and paid by The City of New York, but that the 
whole of such cost and expense, including the aforesaid preliminary expenses, shall 
be assessed upon the property deemed to be benefited by the said local improvement 
Which was adopted by the following vote : 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 



Woodbine Street, from Irving Avenue to Knickerbocker Avenue, Brooklyn — 

Sewer (Cal. No. 82). 

The following was offered : 

A copy of a resolution of the Local Board of the New Lots District, duly adopted 
by said Board on the 25th day of February, 1914, and approved by the President of 
the Borough of Brooklyn on the 4th day of March, 1916, having been transmitted 
to the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, as follows, to wit: 

"Resolved, That the Local Board of the New Lots District hereby initiates 

proceedings to construct a sewer in Woodbine Street, between Irving and Knick- 
erbocker Avenues." 
— and thereupon on the 31st day of March, 1916. resolution having been adopted 
by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment authorizing; the President of the 
Borough of Brooklyn to prepare the necessary plans, specitlcations and an estimate 
of the cost of the proposed improvement based on actual survey and further resolving 
that the Board of Estimate and Apportionment will consider the authorization of the 
construction of the proposed improvement after the President of the Borough of 
Brooklyn has submitted certain statements as provided in the said resolution, and 
the said resolution having been duly complied with by the President of the Borough 
of Brooklyn, as appears by papers and documents on the files of the Board of 
Estimate and Apportionment, and there having been presented to the Board of Esti- 
mate and .Apportionment an estimate in writine in such detail as the Board has 
directed that the cost of the proposed work or improvement, togetlier with the pre- 
liminary expenses, will be the sum of $2200; and a statement of the assessed value 
according to the last preceding tax roll of the real estate included within the probable 
area of assessment, to wit. the sum of $100,950, having also been presented, it is 

Resolved, That the said resolution of the Local Board be and the same is hereby 
approved and the construction of the local improvement therein provided for is herebv 
authorized. This Board does herebv det'-rmine that no portion of the cost and 
expense thereof shall be borne and paid by The Citv of New '^'ork, but that the whole 
of such cost and expense, including the aforesaid preliminary expenses, shall be 
assessed upon the property deemed to I)e benefited by the said local improvement. 

W'hich was adopted by the following vote: 

.Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, t^e President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Mn^hattan and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond— 16. 



5449 September 29. 1916. 

Borough of The Bronx. 

TTie Secretary presented the following report of the Chief Engineer relative to 
Calendar Nos. 83 to 87, inclusive : 

Report No. 16081. September 25, 1916. 

Hon. John Purrov AIitchel, Mayor, Chairimm of the Board of listiutalc and Appor- 
tionment: 

Sir— Herewitii are transmitted communicatiuns from liie President of the Borough 
of The Bronx, advising that all of the conditions imposed by the Hoard prior to the 
authorizaticTi of the following local improvements have l)ecn complied with : 

1. Sewers in the following streets: West 230th Street, from Corlear Avenue to 
Tibbett Avenue; Tihbctt Avenue, from West 230th Street to West 231st Street; West 
231st Street, from Tibbett Avenue to Spuyten Duyvil Rnad. 

The preliminary work for this improvement was authorized by the Board of 
Estimate and Apportionment on June 22>, 1916, at which time information was pre- 
sented to show that its probable cost would be about $20,600. The Borough Presi- 
dent states that the time to be allowed for the completion of the improvement is 
•100 days, and that the expense incurred for the preliminary work amounts to $156.99. 

The work to be done comprises the following : 265 lin. ft. 24-inch pipe sewer, 
300 lin. ft. 18-inch pipe sewer, 290 lin. ft. 15-inch pipe sewer. 174 lin. ft. 12-inch pipd 
sewer, 11 manholes, 2 receiving Iiasins. 

The cost of the improvement is now estimated to be $11,900. 

2. Sewer in the southerly side of Westchester Avenue, from Metcalf Avenue to 
Sound \'iew Avenue (Clasons Point Road). 

The preliminary work for this improvement was authorized by the Board of 
Estimate and Apportionment on June 2Z, 1916, at which time information was pre- 
sented to show that its probable cost would be about $12,000. The Borough Presi- 
dent states that the time to be allowed for the completion of the improvement is 

100 days and that the expense incurred for the preliminary work amoiints to $188.52. 
The work ui be done comprises the following: 256 lin. ft. 30-inch pipe sewer. 

266 lin. ft. 24-inch pipe sewer, 6 manholes, 2 receiving basins. 
The cost of the improvement is now estimated to be $10,600. 

3. Sewers in Throgs Neck Boulevard, from Barkley Avenue to Laytrin Avenue; 
in Layton Avenue, from Throgs Neck Boulevard to Eastern Boulevard ; in Eastern 
Boulevard, from Layton Avenue to Westchester Avenue ; in Westchester Avenue, 
from Eastern Boulevard to Morris Park Avenue; and a temporary connection at 
Westchester Avenue and Wilkinson Avenue. 

The preliminary work for this improvement was authorized by the Board of 
Estimate and Apportionment en March 3, 191 0, at whicli time information was pre- 
sented to show that its probable cost would be about $180.5(X). The Piorough Presi- 
dent states that the time to be allowed for thr completion of the improvement is 
350 days and that the expense incurred for the preliminary work amounts to $2 129.25. 

The work to lie done comprises the following: 10 lin. ft. 8 ft. in. by 6 ft. in. 
concrete sewer, 584 lin. ft. 7 ft. 3 in by 6 ft. 6 in. concrete sewer, 378 lin. ft. 6 ft. 9 in. 
by 6 ft. 6 in. concrete sewer. 19 lin. ft. 7 ft in. by 6 ft. in. concrete sewer. 975 lin. 
ft. 6 ft. 3 in. by 6 ft. 6 in. concrete sewer, 562 lin. ft. 5 ft. in. by 6 ft. in. concrete 
sewer, 433 lin. ft. 3 ft. 9 in. by 5 ft. 8 in. concrete ^ewer, 1,943 lin. ft. 4 ft. 3 in. con- 
crete sewer, 648 lin. ft. 4 ft. in. concrete sewer. 695 lin. ft. 3 ft. 6 in. concrete sewer, 

101 lin. ft. 3 ft. 3 in. crmcrete sewer, 538 lin. ft. 3 ft. in. concrete sewer, 53 lin. ft. 
38 in. by 50 in. concrete sewer. 54 lin. ft. il in. by 44 in. concrete sewer. 624 lin. ft. 
30-in. pipe sewer, 698 lin. ft. 18 in. pine sewer, 881 lin. ft. 15-in. pipe sewer, 2,866 lin. 
ft. 12 in. pipe sewer, 109 manholes 18 receiving basins, 1 overflow chamber. 

The cost of the improvement is now est'mateil to lie $171,800. 

4. Constructing steps on the southerly side of th^ easterly Transverse Ro.id Ap- 
proach at Trcmont Avenue to connect with the easterly side of the Grand Boulevard 
and Concourse. 

The preliminary work for this imnrovemenl was authorized by t'^e Bnard of 
Estimate and .\nporfinnment on July 27. 1916, al which time informati'-n was pre- 
sented to show that its probaI)le cost would Ik* aliout $1,700. The Boroni;h PrpsiHent 
stntes that the time to be allowed for the completion r<f the itnnrovmen* is 40 days, 
and that the expense incurred for the preliminary work amounts to $29.98. 

The work to be done comprises the following: 2.440 lbs. strii.;iir.il sted. 40 c\\. 
yds. concrete. 

The cost of the improvement is now estimated to be Sl.ST'O 

5. Grading, curbing and flagging Olmstead .^venue from Wei^tchei-tcr Avenue to 
Turnbull .Avenue. 



September 29, 1916. 5450 

Tlie prcliminaiy work for this improvement was authorized by the Beard of Esti- 
mate and Apportionment on September 15, 1916. at which time information was pre- 
sented to show that its proljable cost would he about $31,100. The Borough President 
states that the time to be allowed for the completion of tr.e improvement is 150 days, 
and that the expense incurred for the preliminary work amounts to $66.40. 

The work to be done comprises the following: 9,^00 cu. yds. earth excavation, 
300 cu. yds. rock excavation, 18,000 cu. yds. filling, 6,750 lin. ft. curbing, 32,000 sq. ft. 
cement sidewalk. 

The cost of the improvement is now estimated to be $34,100. 

Tile urgency of these improvements was established at the time when the pre- 
liminary authorizations were given. The matter of granting tinal authorization is 
submitted to the Board without recommendation for the reason that of the allotment 
heretofore made to the Borough of The Bronx only $69,000 remains, while the total 
estimated cost is greatlv in excess of that sum. 

Respectfully, ' NELSON P. LEWIS, Chief Engineer. 

West 230th Street, from Corlear Avenue to Tibbett Avenue; Tibbett Avenue, 
from West 230th Street to West 231st Street; and West 231st Street, from 
Tibbett Avenue to Spuyten Duyvil Road, The Bronx — Sewer? (Cal. No. 
83). 

The following was offered : 

A copy of a resolution of the Local Board of the Van Courtlandt District, duly 
adopted by said Board on the 13th day of July, 1915, and approved by the President 
of the Borough of The Bronx on the 30th day of July, 1915, having been transmitted 
to the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, as follows, to wit : 

"Resolved, That this Board does hereby initiate proceedings for the said local 

improvement, to wit : 

"For constructing sewers and appurtenances in West 230th Street, between 

Corlear Avenue and Tibbett Avenue; and in Tibbett Avenue, between West 230th 

Street and West 231st Street; and in West 231st Street, between Tibbett Avenue 

and Spuyten Duyvil Road, together with all work incidental thereto." 
— and thereupon on the 23rd clay of June, 1916, resolution having been adopted 
by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment authorizing the President of ihe 
Borough of The Bronx to prepare the necessary plans, specifications and an estimate 
of the cost of the proposed improvement based on actual survey and further resolving 
that the Board of Estimate and Apportionment will consider the authorization of the 
construction of the proposed improvement after the President of the Borough of 
The Bronx has submitted certain statements as provided in the said resolution, and 
the said resolution having been duly complied with by the President of the Borough 
of Tiie Bronx, as appears by papers and documents on the files of the Board of 
Estimate and Apportionment, and there having been presented to the Board of Esti- 
mate and Apportionment an estimate in writing in such detail as the Board has 
directed that the cost of the proposed work or improvement, together with the pre- 
liminary expenses, will be the sum of $11,900; and a statement of the assessed value 
according to the last preceding tax roll of the real estate included within the prolirble 
area of assessment, to wit, the sum of $100,000, having also been presented, it is 

Resolved, That the said resolution of the Local Board be and the same is hereby 
approved and the construction of the local improvement therein provided for is hereby 
authorized. This Board does hereby det-^rminc that no portion of the cost and 
expense thereof shall be borne and paid by The City of New York, but that the whole 
of such co.st and expense, including the aforesaid preliminary expenses, shall be 
assessed upon the property deemed to be benefited by the said local improvement. 

Which was adopted by the following vote: 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn. The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 



Westchester Avenue, Southerlv Side, from Metcalf Avenue to Soitrd View 
Avenue (Clasons Point Road), The Bronx — Sewers (Cal. No. 84). 

The following was offered : 

A cony of a resolution of the Local Board of the Chester District, duly adopted 
by said Board on the 6th day of June, 1916, and approved by the President of the 
Borough of The Bronx on the 10th day of Tune, 1916, having been transmitted to the 
Board of Estimate and Annortionment, as follows, to wit : 

"Resolved. That this Board does hereby initiate proceedings for the said local 
improvement, to wit: 

"For construction of sewer and nnnurtenances in Westchester Avenue, south 
side, between Metcalf Avenue and (Clasons Point Road), Sound View Avejiue, 



5451 September 29. 1916. 

together with all work incidental thereto, in the Borough of The Bronx, City of 

New York." 
—and thereupon, on the 23rd day of June, 1916. resolution having been adopted by the 
Board of Plstimate and Apportionment authorizing the President of the Borough of 
The Bronx to prepare the nece.ssary plans, specifications and an estimate of the cost of 
the proposed improvement 1)ascd on actual survey and further resolving that the Board 
of Estimate and Apportionment will consider the authorization of tlic construction of 
the proposed improvement after tlie President of tiie IJorougli of The Bronx lias 
submitted certain statements as provided in the said resohition. and the said resolution 
having been duly complied with by the President of the Borough of Tlie Bronx, as 
appears by papers and documents on the files of the Board of Estimate and Appor- 
tionment, and there having been presented to the Board of Estimate and Apportionment 
an estimate in writing in such detail as the Board has directed that the cost of the 
proposed work or improvement, together with the preliminary expenses, will l)e the 
sum of $10,600; and a statement of the assessed value according to the last preceding 
tax roll of the real estate included within the probable area of assessment, to wit, the 
sum of $132,500. having also been presented, it is 

Resolved, That the said resolution of the Local Board be and the same is hereby 
approved and the construction of the local improvement therein provided for is hereby 
authorized. This Board does hereby determine that no portion of the cost and expense 
thereof shall be borne and paid by The City of New York, but that the whole of such 
cost and expense, including the aforesaid preliminary expenses, shall be assessed 
upon the property deemed to be benefited by the said local improvement. 

Which was adopted by the following vote : 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of .Aldermen, 
the Acting President of the Borough of Manliattan. and the Presidents of the Boroughs 
of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Riclimond — 16. 



Throgs Neck Boulevard, from Barkley Avenue to Lay ton A>enue; La>ton .ANe- 
nue, from Throgs Neck Boule\ard to E£a.stern Boule\arJ; Eastern Boulevard, 
from Layton Avenue to Westchester A\enue; Westchester .A\enue, from 
Eastern Boulevard to Morris Park Avenue, and Westchester .Avenue and 
Wilkinson Avenue, The Bronx — Sewers and Temporary Connection (Cal. 
No, 85). 
The following was offered : 

A copy of a resolution of the Local Board of tlie Chester District, duly ado()ted 
by said Board on the 7th day of Decemlier. 1915. and ajiproved bv the President of the 
Borough of The Bronx on the 21st day of December, 1915, having been transmitted to 
the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, as follows, to wit: 

"Resolved, That this Board does herelty initiate proceedings for the said 
local improvement, to wit : 

'"For the construction of sewer and appurtenances in Throgs Neck P.^nh \ np.l. 
between P.arkley Avenue and Layton .Avenue; and in Layton Aveni; i 

Throgs Neck Boulevard and I'-astern P.oulevard ; and in Eastern i ', 

between Layton .Avenue and Westchester Avenue; and in Westchester Awiuie, 
between Eastern Boulevard and Morris Park .Avenue, together with a temporary 
connection on the south sifle of Westchester Avenue at Wilkinson Avenue, together 
with all work incidental thereto." 

and thereupon, on the 3rfl day of March, 1916. resolution having been adopted by the 

Board of Estimate and .Apportionment authorizing the President of the Borough of 
The Bronx to prepare the necessary i»Ians, specil'ications ami an o'ifimate ()f tlie cost 
of the proposed improvement l)ased on .mtual stjrvcy and further resolving that tlie 
Board of Estimate and Apportionment will consider the authorization of the con- 
struction of the proposed improvement after the President of the Borough of The 
Bronx has submitted certain statements as provided in the said resolution, and the s.iid 
resolution having been duly complied with by the President of the BorouRh of The 
Bronx, as appears by papers an<l dociimenU on the* files of the Board of Estimate ami 
Apportionment, and' there having been 'to the Board of ]-W ! 

Apportionment an estimate in writing in d as the Board lias rb t 

the cost of the proposed work or improven.. .... .■ >.■ ' ■ - •• "'- •'' ■ '.•".,, ,, 

will be the sum of $171,800; and a statement of t 

last preceeding tax roll of the real estate inchuletl v : 

ment. to wit. the sum of $2.475.rKMl, having also been presented, it is ... 

Resolved, That the said resolution of the Local P.oard be and the same is hereby 
approved and the constructi<in of the local improvement therein provided for is hereby 
authorized This Board does hereby determine that no portion of the cost and expense 



September 29, 1916. 5452 

thereof shall be borne and paid by The City of New York, but that the whole of such 
cost and expense, including the aforesaid preliminary expenses, shall be assessed upon 
the property deemed to be benefited by the said local improvement. 

Which was adopted by the following vote : 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Aldermen, 
the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan, and the Presidents of the Boroughs 
of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 



Easterly Transverse Road Approach at Tremont Avenue to Connect with 
Easterly Side of Grand Boulevard and Concourse, The Bronx — Constructing 
Steps on Southerly Side (Cal. No. 86). 

The following was offered : 

A copy of a resolution of the Local Board of the Van Courtlandt District, duly 
adopted by said Board on the 20th day of June, 1916, and approved by the Presi- 
dent of the Borough of The Bronx on the 15th day of July, 1916, having been trans- 
mitted to the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, as follows, to wit: 

"Resolved, That this Board does hereby initiate proceedings for the said 
local improvement, to wit : 

"For constructing steps and approaches on the southerly side of the easterly 
Transverse Road approach at Tremont Avenue to connect with the easterly side 
of the Grand Boulevard and Concourse, together with all work incidental there- 
to, in the Borough of The Bronx, City of New York," 
— and thereupon on the 27th day of July, 1916, resolution having been adopted 
by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment authorizing the President of the 
Borough of The Bronx to prepare the necessary plans, specifications and an es- 
timate of the cost of the proposed improvement based on actual survey and further 
resolving that the Board of Estimate and Apportionment will consider the authori- 
zation of the construction of the proposed improvement after the President of the 
Borough of The Bronx has submitted certain statements as provided in the said 
resolution, and the said resolution having been duly complied with by the President 
of the Borough of The Bronx, as appears by papers and documents on the files of 
the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, and there having been presented to the 
Board of Estimate and Apportionment an estimate in writing in such detail as the 
Board has directed that the cost of the proposed work or improvement, together with 
the preliminary expenses, will be the sum of $1,800; and a statement of the as- 
sessed value according to the last preceding tax roll of the real estate included 
within the probable area of assessment, to wit, the sum of $1,052,000, having also 
been presented, it is 

Resolved, That the said resolution of the Local Board be and the same is 
hereby approved and the construction of the local improvement therein provided 
for is hereby authorized. This Board does hereby determine that no portion of 
the cost and expense thereof shall be borne and paid by The City of New York, 
but that the whole of such cost and expense, including the aforesaid preliminary 
expenses, shall be assessed upon the property deemed to be benefited by the said 
local improvement. 

Which was adopted by the following vote : 

Aflfirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Al- 
dermen, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan, and the Presidents of 
the Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 



Olmstead Avenue, from Westchester Avenue to Turnbull Avenue, The Bronx — 
Regulating and Grading (Cal. No. 87). 

The following was ofl'ercd : 

A copy of a resolution of the Local Board of the Chester District, duly 
adopted by said Board on the 2nd day of May, 1916, and approved by the Presi- 
dent of the Borough of The Bronx on the 31st day of July, 1916, having been trans- 
mitted to the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, as follows, to wit: 

"Resolved, That this Board does hereby initiate proceedings for the said 
local improvement, to wit : 

"For regulating, grading, setting curb, laying sidewalks, crosswalks, build- 
ing inlets, receiving basins, drains, culverts, approaches and guard rails where 
necessary in Olmstead Avenue, from W'estchester Avenue to Turnbull Avenue, 
together with all work incidental thereto, in the Borough of The Bronx, City 
of New York," 
— and thereupon on the 15th day of September, 1916, resolution having been adopted 
by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment authorizing the President of the 



5453 September 29. 1916. 

Borough of The Bronx to prepare the necessary plans, specifications and an es- 
timate of the cost of the proposed improvement based on actual survey and further 
resolving that the Board of I'!stimate and Apportionment will consider the authori- 
zation of the construction of the proposed improvement after the President of the 
Borough of The Bronx has submitted certain statements as provided in the said 
resolution, and the said resokition having been duly complied with by the President 
of the Borough of The Bronx, as appears by papers and documents on the files of 
the Board of Estimate and Apportiomnent, and there having been presented to the 
Board of Estimate and Apportionment an estimate in writing in such detail as the 
Board has directed that the cost of the proposed work or improvement, together with 
the preliminary expenses, will be the sum of $34,100; and a statement of the as- 
sessed value according to the last preceding tax roll of the real estate included 
within the probable area of assessment, to wit, the sum of $1,521,000, having also 
been presented, it is 

Resolved, That the said resolution of the Local Board be and the same is 
hereby approved and the construction of the local improvement therein provided 
for is hereby authorized. This Board does hercliy determine that no portion of 
the cost and expense thereof shall be borne and paid by The City of New York, 
but that the whole of such cost and expense, including the aforesaid preliminary 
expenses, shall be assessed upon the property deemed to be benefited by the said 
local improvement. 

Which was adopted by the following vote : 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Al- 
dermen, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan, and the Presidents of 
the Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx. Queens and Richmond — 16. 



Borough of Queens. 

The Secretary presented the following report of the Chief Engineer relative to 
Calendar Nos. 88 to 95, inclusive : 

Report Xo. 16082. September 25. 1916. 

Hon. John Purroy Mitchel. Mayor, Chairman of the Board of Estimate and Ap- 
portionment: 

Sir — Herewith are transmitted communications from the President of the Bor- 
ough of Queens, advising that all of the conditions imposed by the Board prior to 
the authorization of the following local improvements have been complied with. 

1. Sewers in the following streets: 

Grand Avenue, from Ditmars .'\ venue to Mcintosh Street ; 

Butler Street, from Grand Avenue to Lyon Avenue ; 

Curtis Street, from Grand Avenue to Lyon .\ venue ; 

Ericsson Street, from Grand Avenue to Lyon Avenue ; 

Gilmore Street, from Grand Avenue to Lyon Avenue. 

The preliminary work for this improvement was authorized by the Board of 
Estimate and Apportionment on July 17, 1916, at which time information was pre- 
sented to show that its probalilc cost would be about $17,700. The Borough Presi- 
dent states that the time to be allowed for the completion of tlie improvement is 
100 days, and that the expense incurred for the preliminary work amounts to 
$193.25. 

The work to be done comprises the following: 500 linear feet, 2 feet 9 inch con- 
crete sewer; 1.025 linear feet, 2 feet 6 inch concrete sewer; 2,340 linear feet, 12 inch 
pipe sewer ; 44 manholes ; 22 inlets. 

The cost of the improvement is now estimated to be $21,10<1. 

2. Sewers in the following streets : 

Robinson Avenue, from Oak Avenue to Larch Avenue; 

Narcissus Street, from Robinson Avenue to Phillips .Avenue ; 

Phillips .Avenue, from Narcissus Street to Queens .Vvcnue. 

The preliminary work for this improvement was authorized by the Board of 
Estimate and .Apportionment on June 23. 1916, at which time information was pre- 
sented to show that its probable cost would lie about $9,600. The Borough President 
states that the time to be allowed for the comi)letion of the improvement is 75 days, 
and that the expense incurred for the preliminary work amounts to $122.98. 

The work to be done comprises the following : 10 linear feet, 12 inch pipe sewer ; 
1,108 linear feet. 18 inch pipe sewer; 504 linear feet. 20 inch pipe sewer; 261 linear 
feet, 24 inch pipe sewer; 239 linear feet, 2 feet 6 inch concrete sewer; 29 manholes; 
1 junction chamber; 16 inlets. 

The cost of the improvement is now estimated to be $10,500. 



September 29, 1916. 5454 

3. Sewer in Decatur Street, from Wyckoff Avenue to Cypress Avenue. 

The preliminary work for this improvement was authorized by the Board of 
Estimate and Apportionment on July 7, 1916, at Avhich time information was pre- 
sented to show that its probalile cost would be about $2,300. The Borough Presi- 
dent states that the time to be allowed for the completion of the improvement is 25 
days, and that the expense incurred for the preliminary work amounts to $35.50. 

The work to be done comprises the following : 796 linear feet, 12 inch pine sewer ; 
6 manholes. 

The cost of the improvement is now estimated to be $2,300. 

4. Sewer in McPherson (Slocum) Street, from Cornelia Street to Catalpa 
Avenue. 

The preliminary work for this improvement was authorized by the Board of 
Estimate and Apportionment on March 3, 1916, at which time information was pre- 
sented to show that its probable cost would be about $1,600. The Borough Presi- 
dent states that the time to be allowed for the completion of the improvement is 
25 days, and that the expense incurred for' the preliminary work amounts to 
$29.25. 

The work to be done comprises the following: 643 linear feet, 12 inch pipe 
sewer ; 5 manholes. 

The cost of the improvement is now estimated to be $1,900. 

5. Sewer in Chaffee (Sherman) Street, from Cornelia Street to Catalpa Ave- 
nue. 

The preliminary work for this improvement was authorized by the Board of 
Estimate and Apportionment on March 3, 1916, at which time information was pre- 
sented to show that its probable cost would be about $1,600. The Borough Presi- 
dent states that the time to be allowed for the completion of the improvement is 25 
days, -and that the expense incurred for the preliminary work amounts to ^29.25. 

The work to be done comprises the following: 645 linear feet, 12 inch pipe 
sewer ; 5 manholes. 

The cost of the improvement is now estimated to be $1,600. 

6. Sewers in the following streets : Atlantic Avenue, north side, from Birch 
(120th) Street to Spruce (121st) Street; Spruce (121st) Street, from Atlantic Ave- 
nue, north side, to the crown about 220 feet northerly therefrom. 

The preliminary work for this improvement was authorized by the Board of 
Estimate and Apportionment on February 18, 1916, at which time information was 
presented to show that its probable cost would be about $1,500. The Borough Presi- 
dent states that the time to be allowed for the completion of the improvement is 
20 days, and that the expense incurred for the preliminary work amounts to $125.33. 

The work to be done comprises the following : 555 linear feet 12-inch pipe sewer, 
4 manholes, 2 inlets. 

The cost of the improvement is now estimated to be $1,700. 

7. Sewers in the following streets : 

Kimball (103rd) Avenue, from Greenwood Avenue (111th Street) to Stoothoff 
Avenue (114th Street); Chestnut (112th) Street, from Kimball (103rd) Avenue to 
Jerome (101st) Avenue; Cedar Avenue (113th Street), from Kimball (103rd) Ave- 
nue to Jerome (101st) Avenue. 

The preliminary work for this improvement was authorized by the Board of 
Estimate and Apportionment on June 23, 1916, at which time information was pre- 
sented to show that its probable cost would be about $5,400. The Borough Presi- 
dent states that the time to be allowed for the completion of the improvement is 
70 days, and that the expense incurred for the preliminary work amounts to $70.52. 

The work to be done comprises the following : 244 linear feet 2-foot 6-inch 
concrete sewer. 250 linear feet 24-inch pipe sewer, 1,536 linear feet 12-inch pipe 
sewer, 24 manholes. 11 inlets. 

The cost of the improvement is now estimated to be $8,300. 

8. Paving with granite block (permanent pavement) DeKalb Avenue, from 
Onderdonk Avenue to Seneca (Covert) Avenue. 

The preliminary work for this improvement was authorized by the Board of 
Estimate and Apportionment on July 27, 1916, at which time information was 
presented to show that its probable cost would be about $4,900. The Borough 
President states that the time to be allowed for the comnletion of the improvement 
is 20 days, and that the expense incurred for the preliminarv work amounts to 
$65.44. 

The work to be done comprises the laymg of 1,430 square yards of granite 
block pavement. 

The cost of the improvement is now estimated to be $6,800. 



5455 September 29. \9U,. 

The urgency of these improvements was established at the time when the pre- 
limmary authorizations were given. The matter of granting (Inal authorization is 
presented at this time at the request of the Horough President, but without recom- 
mendation, for the reason tliat the fnial authorizations alreadv given this Iwrough 
exceed the limit which hi;s lieen fixed by the Hoard. 

Should the Board grant the linal authorizations requested, it is recommended 
that title be vested in the City on November 2, 1916. to the following streets: 
Atlantic Avenue North, from liOth (liirch) .*^treet. to 121st (Spruce) Street; Kim- 
ball (lO.^rd) .Avenue, from Cjrecnwood Avenue (111th Street) to StcothofF Avenue 
(114th Street). 

Respectfully, NELSON P. LEWIS, Chief Engineer. 

Grand Avenue, from Ditmars Avenue to Mcintosh Street; Butler Street, from 
Grand Avenue to Lyon Avenue; Curtis Street, from Grand .Avenue to Lyon 
Avenue; Ericsson Street, from drarid .'\vcr.L-e to L\on ,\venue; and (iilmore 
Street, from Grand Avenue to Lvon Avenue, Queens — Sewers (Cal. .No. 
88). 

Tlie following was offered : 

A copy of a resolution of the Local Board of the Newtown District, duly adopted 
by said Board on the 14th day of October, 1915, and approved bv the President of the 
Borough of Queens on the 20th day of October, 1915, having been transmitted to the 
Board of Estimate and Apportionment, as follows, to wit: 

"Resolved, That this Board does hereby initiate proceedings for the said local 

improvement, to wit : 

"For the construction of a sewer and appurtenances in ("jrand Avenue, from 

Ditmars Avenue to Mcintosh Street; Butler Street, from Grand Avenue to Lyon 

Avenue; Curtis Street, from Grand Avenue to Lyon Avenue; Ericsson Street, 

from Grand Avenue to Lyon Avenue; Gilmorc Street, from Grand Avenue to 

Lyon Avenue, Second Ward, of the Borough of Queens." 
— and thereupon on the 27th day of July, 1916, resolution having been adopted by the 
Board of Estimate and Apportionment authorizing the President of the Borough of 
Queens to prepare the necessary plans, specifications and an estimate of the cost of the 
proposed improvement based on actual survey and further resolving that the Board 
of Estimate and Apportionment will consider the authorization of the construction of 
the proposed improvement after the President of the Borough of Queens has sub- 
mitted certain statements as provided in the said resolution, and the said resolution 
having been duly complied with by the Presilent of the Borough of Queens, as appears 
by papers and documents on the files of the Board of Estimate an<l Apportionment, 
and there having been presented to the Board of Estimate an<l Apportionment an 
estimate in writing in such detail as the Board has directed that the cost of the pro- 
posed work or improvement, together with the preliminary expenses, will be the sum 
of $21,100; and a statement of the assessed value according to the last preceding tax 
roll of the real estate included witliin the probable area of assessment, to wit, the 
sum of ?454..i(l(), having also been presented, it is 

Resolved. That the said resolution of the Local Board be and the same is hereby 
approved and the construction of the local improvement therein provided for is 
hereby authorized. This Board does herebv determine that no portion of the cost 
and expense thereof shall be borne and paid by The City of New York, but that the 
whole of such cost and expense, including the aforesaid preliminary expenses, shall 
be assessed upon the property deemed to be benefited by the said local improvement. 

Which w:is py'op'eti by the lii!)'>v.-i"i' vote: 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the Prcsiflent of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Manbatt:in and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of BrookI_\ii, The Bronx, Queens and Richmoml — 16. 



Robinson .■\venuc, from Oak Avenue to Larch Avenue; Narcissus Street, from 
Robinson A\enue to Phillips Avenue; and Phillips Avenue, from Narcissus 
Street to Queens Avenue, Queens — Sewers (Cal. .No. «9). 

'Jhe following was ottered : 

A copy of a resolution of the Local Board of the Jamaica District, duly adopted 
by said Board on the 25th dav of .April. 191.^. ami approved by the President of the 
Borough of Queens on the 25th day of October, 191.S. having been transmitted to the 
Board of Estimate an<l Apportionment, as follows, to wit: 

"Resolved, That this Board docs hereby initiate proceedings for the said local 
improvement, to wit : 

"For the construction of a sewer anfl appurtenances in Robinson Avenue, from 
Oak Avenue to Larch Avenue ; Narcissus .Street, from Robinson .\ venue to Phillips 



September 29, 1916. 5456 

Avenue ; Phillips Avenue, from Narcissus Street to Queens Avenue, Third Ward, 

of the Borough of Queens." 
— and thereupon on the 23d day of June, 1916, resolution having been adopted by the 
Board of Estimate and Apportionment authorizing the President of the Borough of 
Queens to prepare the necessary plans, specifications and an estimate of the cost of the 
proposed improvement based on actual survey and further resolving that the Board 
of Estimate and Apportionment will consider the authorization of the construction of 
the proposed improvement after the President of the Borough of Queens has sub- 
mitted certain statements as provided in the said resolution, and the said resolution 
having been duly complied with by the Presilent of the Borough of Queens, as appears 
by papers and documents on the files of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, 
and there having been presented to the Board of Estimate and Apportionment an 
estimate in writing in such detail as the Board has directed that the cost of the pro- 
posed work or improvement, together with the preliminary expenses, will be the sum 
of .'i^lO.SOO; and a statement of the assessed value according to the last preceding tax 
roll of the real estate included within the probable area of assessment, to wit, the 
sum of $104,665, having also been presented, it is 

Resolved, That the said resolution of the Local Board be and the same is hereby 
approved and the construction of the local improvement therein provided for is 
hereby authorized. This Board does hereby determine that no portion of the cost 
and expense thereof shall be borne and paid by The City of New York, but that the 
whole of such cost and expense, including the aforesaid preliminary expenses, shall 
be assessed upon the property deemed to be benefited by the said local improvement. 

Which was adopted by the following vote : 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 



Decatur Street, from Wyckoff Avenue to Cypress Avenue, Queens — Sewer 

(Cal. No. 90). 

The following was offered : 

A copy of a resolution of the Local Board of the Newtown District, duly adopted 
by said Board on the 12th day of November. 1914, and approved by the President of 
the Borough of Queens on the 20th day o'f November, 1914, having been transmitted 
to the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, as follows, to wit : 

"Resolved, That this Board does hereby initiate proceedings for the said local 

improvement, to wit : 

"For the construction of a sewer and appurtenances in Decatur Street, from 

Wyckoff Avenue to Cypress Avenue, Second Ward of the Borough of Queens," 
— and thereupon, on the 7th day of July, 1916, resolution having been adopted by the 
Board of Estimate and Apportionment authorizing the President of the Borotigh of 
Queens to prepare the necessary plans, specifications and an estimate of cost of the 
proposed improvement, based on actual survey, and further resolving that the Board 
of Estimate and Apportionment will consider the authorization of the construction 
of the proposed improvement after the President of the Borough of Queens has sub- 
mitted certain statements, as provided in the said resolution, and the said resolution 
having been duly complied with by the President of the Boro'ugh of Queens, as appears 
by papers and documents on the files of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, 
and there having been presented to the Board of Estimate and Apportionment an 
estimate in writing, in such detail as the Board has directed, that the cost of the 
proposed work or improvement, together with the preliminary expenses, will be the 
sum of $2,300, and a statement of the assessed value, according to the last preceding 
tax roll of the real estate included within the probable area of assessment, to wit, the 
sum of $51,600. having also been presented, it is 

Resolved, That the said resolution of the Local Board be and the same is hereby 
approved and the construction of the local improvement therein provided for is hereby 
authorized. This Board does herebv determine that no portion of the cost and expense 
thereof shall be borne and paid by The City of New York, but that the whole of such 
cost and expense, including the aforesaid preliminary expenses, shall be assessed upon 
the property deemed to be benefited by the said local improvement. 

Which was adopted by the following vote : 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 



5457 September 29. 1916. 

McPherson (Slocum) Street, from Cornelia Street to Catalpa Avenue, Queens- 
Sewer (Cal. No. 91). 

The following was f)tYcred : 

A copy of a resolution of the Local Board of the Newtown District, duly adopted 
by said Hoard on tlie 23rd day of January, 1914, and approved by the President of the 
Borough of Queens on the _Mtli day of iiccenibcr, 1915. having been transmitted to the 
Board of Estimate and .Apportionment, as follows, to wit : 

"Resolved. That this Board does hereby initiate proceedings for the said local 

improvement, to wit : 

"For the construction of a sewer and appurtenances in McPherson (Slocum) 

Street, from Cornelia Street to Catalpa Avenue, Second Ward of the Borough of 

Queens," 
— and thereupon, on the 3d day of March, 1916. resolution having been adopted by the 
Board of Estimate and Apportionment authorizing the President of the Boroxigh of 
Queens to prepare the necessary plans, specifications and an estimate of cost of the 
proposed improvement, based on actual survey, and further resolving that the Board 
of Estimate and Apportionment will consider the authorization of the construction 
of the proposed improvement after the President of the Borough of Queens has sub- 
mitted certain statements, as provided in the said resolution, and the said resolution 
having been duly complied with by the President of the Borough of Queens, as appears 
by papers and documents on the files of the Board of Estimate and -Apportionment, 
and there having been presented to the Board of Estimate and .Apportionment an 
estimate in writing, in such detail as the Board has directed, that the cost of the 
proposed work or improvement, together with the preliminary expenses, will be the 
sum of $1,900, and a statement of the assessed value, according to the last preceding 
tax roll, of the real estate included within the probable area of assessment, to wit. the 
sum of $33,850, having also been presented, it is 

Resolved, That the said resolution of the Local Board l)e and the same is hereby 
approved and the construction of the local improvement therein provided for is hereby 
authorized. This Board does hereby determine that no portion of the cost and expense 
thereof shall be borne and paid by The City of Xew York, but that the whole of such 
cost and expense, including the aforesaid preliminary expenses, shall be assessed upon 
the property deemed to be l)enefit(.d by the said local improvement. 

Which was adopted by the following vote: 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the ComiuroUer. the President of the Board of .Alder- 
men, the .Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 

Chaffee (Sherman) Street, from Cornelia Street to Catalpa Avenue, Queens — 

Sewer (Cal. No. 92). 

The following was offered : 

A copy of a resolution of the Local Board of the Newtown District, duly adopted 
by said Board on the 23rd day of January, 1914. and approved liy the President of 
the Borough of Queens on the 24th day of December, 1915, having been transmitted 
to the Bonrd of Estimate and .Api)ortionment. as follows, to wit: 

"Resolved, That this Board doi-s hcrcliy initiate jiroceedings for the said 

local improvement, to wit : 

"I'or the construction of a sewer and appurtenances in ChafTee (Sherman) 

Street from Cornelia Street to Catalpa .Avenue, Second Ward of the Borough 

of Queens." 
— and thereupon on the 3rd day of March, 1916, resolution having been adopted hv 
the Board of Estimate and .Apportionment authorizing the President of the Borough 
of Queens to prepare the necessary plans, specifications and an estimate of the cost 
of the proposed improvement based on actual survey, and further resolving that the 
Board of Estimate and .Apportionment will consider the authorization of th" con- 
struction of the proposed imiirovement after the President of the Bonnigh of Queens 
has submitted certain statements as provi<led in the said resolution, and the said 
resolution having been duly complied with by the President of tho Borough of 
Queens, as appears by papers an<l documents on the files of the Board of Estimate 
and .Apportionment, and there having been presented to the Board r>f Estimate and 
Apportionment an estimate in writing in such detail as the Boar«l has directed that 
the cost of the proposed work or improvement, together with the preliminary ex- 
penses, will be the sum of $l,'iO0: and a statement of the assessed value accordini? 
to the last preceding tax roll of the real estate included within the probable area of 
assessment, to wit, the sum of $38950. having also been pre'^ented. it is 

Resolved. That the said resolution of the Local Board be and the same is herein- 
approved and the construction of the local improvement therein provided for is 



September 29, 1916. 5458 

hereby authorized. This Board does hereby determine that no portion of the cost 
and expense thereof snail be borne and paiu by The City of ^sew York, but that the 
whole oi such cost and expense, uicluding tiie aforesaid preliminary expenses, shall 
be assessed upon tne property deemed to be benehted by the said locai improvement. 

VV hicli was adopted by tne following vote : 

Aftirmative — Ihe Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough ot Manhattan and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — lo. 



Atlantic Avenue, North Side, from Birch (120th) Street to Spruce (121st> 
Street; and Spruce (121st) Street, from Atlantic Avenue, North Side, to 
the Crown, About 220 Feet Northerly Therefrom, Queens — Sewers. 
Atlantic Avenue North, from 120th (Birch) Street to 121st (Spruce) Street, 
Queens— Vesting Title (Cal. No. 93). 

The following was otfered : 

Whereas, the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, under resolutions adopted 
on April 2b, 1912, "and December 4, 1913, authorized a proceeding for acquiring title 
to the real property required for the opening and extending of Atlantic Avenue from 
the Brooklyn Borough Line to Van Wyck Avenue, excluding all land which may 
fall within the limits of the right of way of the Long Island Railroad Company, and 
all land actually occupied by the railroad buildings, in the Borough of Queens, City 
of New York; and 

Whereas, Commissioners of Estimate and Assessment have been appointed by 
the Supreme Court in the proceedings to acquire title to said real property, and the 
oaths of the said Commissioners of Estimate and Assessment were duly tiled as 
required by law on the 1st day of July, 1914; be it 

Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, deeming it for the 
public interest and in pursuance of the provisions of the Greater New York Charter, 
as amended, directs that upon the 2nd day of November, 1916, the title in fee to the 
real property lying within the lines of said Atlantic Avenue North from 120th 
(Birch) Street to 121st (Spruce) Street, in the Borough of Queens, City of New 
York, so required, shall become vested in The City of New York. 

Which was adopted by the following vote : 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Ivichmond — 16. 

The following was oflfered : 

A copy of a resolution of the Local Board of the Jamaica District, duly adopted 
by said Board on the 14th day of November, 1913, and approved by the President of 
the Borough of Queens on the 9th day of June, 1915, having been transmitted to the 
Board of Estimate and Apportionment, as follows, to wit : 

"Resolved, That this Board does liereby initiate proceedings for the said 

local improvement, to wit : 

"For the construction of a sewer and appurtenances in Atlantic Avenue, north 

side, from Birch Street to Spruce Street, and in Spruce Street, from Atlantic 

Avenue, north side, to the crown about 220 feet north of Atlantic Avenue, Fourth 

Ward" ; 
— and thereupon on the 18th day of February, 1916, resolution having been adopted by 
the Board of Estimate and Apportionment authorizing the President of the Borough of 
Queens to prepare the necessary plans, specihcations and an estimate of the cost of 
the proposed improvement based on actual survey and further resolving that the 
Board of Estimate and Apportionment will consider the authorization of the con- 
struction of the proposed improvement after the President of the Borough of Queens 
has submitted certain statements as provided in the said resolution, and the said 
resolution having been duly complied with by the President of the Borough of Queens, 
as appears by papers and documents on the files of the Board of Estimate and Appor- 
tionment, and there having been presented to the Board of Estimate and Apportion- 
ment an estimate in writing in such detail as the Board has directed that the cost of 
the proposed work or improvement, together with the preliminary expenses, will be 
the sum of $1,700; and a statement of the assessed value according to the last preceding 
tax roll of the real estate included within the probable area of assessment, to wit, the 
sum of $19,700 having also been presented, it is 

Resolved, That the said resolution of the Local Board be and the same is hereby 
approved and the construction of the local improvement therein provided for is hereby 
authorized. This Board does hereby determine that no portion of the cost and expense 



5459 Scptt-mticr _'v. I'Ao. 

thereof shall be borne aiul paid by The City of Xew York, but that the whole of such 
cost ami expense, includini^ the aforesaid jireliniinary expenses, shall be assessed upon 
the property deemed to be benefited l>y the said local improvement. 

Which was adopted by the followinjj; vote : 

Aflirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Manliattan. and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond— 16. 



Kimball (103rd) Avenue, from Greenwood Avenue (II 1th Street) to Stoothoff 
Avenue (114th Street); Chestnut (112th) Street, from Kimball (I03rd) Ave- 
nue to Jerome (101st) Avenue; and Cedar .\>enue (11.5th Street), from 
Kimball (103rd) Avenue to Jerome (101st) Avenue, (Queens— Sew ers. 
Kimball (103rd) Avenue, from (ireenwood Avenue (111th Street) to Stoothoff 
Avenue (114th Street), Queens— Vesting Title (Cal. No. 94). 

The following was offered : 

Whereas the Board of Estimate and Apportionment under resolutions adopied on 
July 6, 1911, November 6, 1913. and ^^arch 3, 1916, authorized a proceeding for acquir- 
ing title to the real property required for the opening and extending of Kimball 
Avenue from Liberty Avenue, near Digby Street, to Liberty Avenue, near Baker 
Avenue, in the Borough of Queens, City of New York; and. 

Whereas, Commissioners of Estimate and Assessment have been appointed by 
the Supreme Court in the proceedings to acquire title to said real i)roperty, and the 
oaths of the said Commissioners of Estimate and Assessment were duly filed as 
required by law on the 29th day of June. 1914; be it 

Resolved. That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, deeming it for the 
public interest, and in pursuance of the provisions of the Greater Xew York Charter, 
as amended, directs that upon the 2d day of November, 1916, the title in fee to the 
real property lying within the lines of said Kimball (103d) Avenue from Greenwood 
Avenue (llltli Street) to Stoothoff Avenue (114th Street), in the Borough of Queens. 
City of New York, so required shall become vested in the City of New York. 

Which was adopted by the following vote: 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Boroui^h of Manhattan, and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx. Oiueiis and iviiliinoixl — Id. 

Tl.e following was offered : 

A copy of a resolution of the Local Board of the Jamaica District, duly adopted 
by said Board on the 7th day of June, 1912, and approved by the President of the 
Borough of Queens on the 20th day of June. 1912, having been transmitted to the Board 
of Estimate and Apportionment, as follows, to wit : 

"Resolved. That this Board does hereby initiate proceedings for the said local 

improvement, to wit : 

"For tl.e construction of a sewer and appurtenances in Kimball .\venue, from 

Greenwood Avenue to Stoothoff Avenue; Chestnut Street, from Kimball .'\venuc 

to Jerome Avenue; and in Cedar Avenue, from Kimball Avenue to Jerome 

Avenue, Fourth Ward of the Borough of Queens," 
--and thereupon on the 23d day of June, 1916, resolution having been adopted by the 
Board of Estimate and Apportionment authorizing the President of the Borough of 
Queens to prepare the necessary plans, specifications and an estimate of the cost of 
tl.e proposed improvement based on actual survey and further resolvin;^ that the 
Board of Estimate and A()portionment will consider the authorization of the con- 
struction of the proposed improvement after tlie President of the Borougl. of Queens 
has submitted certain statements as j)rovided in the said resolution, and the said 
resolution having been duly c<miplicd with by the President of tlie Borough of Queens, 
as appears by papers and documents on tl.e files of the Board of Estimate and Appor- 
tionment, and there having been presented to the Board of Estimate and Apportit)n- 
ment an estimate in writing in such detail as the Board has directed that the cost of 
the proposed work or improvement, together with the preliminarv expenses, will he 
the sum of $H.3(X); and a statement of the assessed value according to the last pre- 
ceding lax roll of tl.e real estate included within the probable area of assessment, to 
wit, the sum of $1.W,300 having also been presented, it is 

Resolved. That the said resolution of the Local Board be and the same is hereby 
approved and the construction of the local improvement therein provided for is hereby 
authorized. This Board does hereby determine that no portion of tie cost and expense 
thereof shall be borne and paid by The City of Xew York, but that the whole of such 
cost and expense, including the afnresaifl preliminary expenses, shall be asessscd upon 
the property deemed to be benefited by the said local improvement. 



September 29, 1916. 5460 

Which was adopted by the following vote : 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan, and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 



DeKalb Avenue, from Onderdonk Avenue to Seneca (Covert) Avenue, Queens — 

Paving (Cal. No. 95). 

The following was offered : 

A copy of a resolution of the Local Board of the Newtown District, duly adopted 
by said Board on the 22nd day of October, 1914, and approved by tlie President of the 
Borough of Queens on the 29th day of October, 1914, having been transmitted to the 
Board of Estimate and Apportionment, as follows, to wit: 

"Resolved, That this Board does hereby initiate proceedings for the said 
local improvement, to wit : 

_ "For paving with a permanent pavement of granite blocks on a concrete foun- 
dation six (6) inches in tliickness, together with all work incidental thereto, in 
DeKalb Avenue, from Onderdonk Avenue to Seneca (Covert) Avenue, Second 
Ward of the Borough of Queens." 
— and thereupon on the 27th day of July, 1916, resolution having been adopted by 
the Board of Estimate and Apportionment authorizing the President of the Borough 
of Queens to prepare the necessary plans, specifications and an estimate of the cost of 
tlic proposed improvement based on actual survey and further resolving that the Board 
of Estimate and Apportionment will consider the authorization of the construction of 
the proposed improvement after the President of the Borough of Queens has submitted 
certain statements as provided in the said resolution, and the said resolution having 
been duly complied with by the President of the Borough of Queens, as appears by 
papers and documents on the files of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, and 
there having been presented to the Board of Estimate and Apportionment an estimate 
in writing in such detail as the Board has directed that the cost of the proposed work 
or improvement, together with the preliminary expenses, will be the sum of $6,800; 
and a statement of the assessed value according to the last preceding tax roll of the 
real_ estate included within the probable area of assessment, to wit, the sum of $32,000, 
having also been presented, it is 

Resolved, That the said resolution of the Local Board be and the same is hereby 
approved and the construction of the local improvement therein provided for is hereby 
authorized. This Board does hereby determine that no portion of the cost and expense 
thereof shall be borne and paid by The City of New York, but that the whole of such 
cost and expense, including the aforesaid preliminary expenses, shall be assessed upon 
the property deemed to be benefited by the said local improvement. 
Which was adopted by the following vote : 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Aldermen, 
the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan, and the Presidents of the Boroughs 
of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 



Nott Avenue, from the East River to Hancock Street, Queens — Sewer (Cal. 

No. 96). 

The Secretary presented the following report of the Chief Engineer: 

Report No. 16088. Septeml)er 25th, 1916. 

Hon. John Purroy Mitchel, Mayor, Chairman of the Board of Estimate and Appor- 
tionment: 

Sir — Herewith is transmitted a communication from the Acting President of 
the Borough of Queens, advising that all of the conditions wliich it is the practice 
of the Board to impose prior to authorizing local improvements, have been complied 
with in the matter of constructing a sewer in Nott Avenue, from the East River 
to Hancock Street. 

Under the provisions of a resolution adopted by the Board of Estimate and 
Apportionment on June 27th, 1912, and amended on May 15th, 1914, preliminary au- 
thorization was given for constructing a sewer in this street from the East River 
to Van Alst Avenue, and a report is now before the Board for consideration recom- 
mending the approval of an amendatory Local Board resolution under which pro- 
vision is made for curtailing the scope of the project to the section now described. 

The Acting Borough President states that the time to be allowed for the com- 
pletion of the improvement is ninety days, and that the expenses incurred for the 
preliminary work amount to $1,102.44. 

The work to be done comprises the following: 143 linear feet 5-foot 6-inch 
wooden stave pipe sewer, 1,097 linear feet 5-foot 6-inch reinforced concrete sewer, 
5 manholes, 3 inlets, 2 junction chambers, 1 cleaning shaft. 



^^"1 September 29. 1916. 

The cost of the improvement is iV'W (-imiatod to he $36,200. 

This improvement relates to three blocks or about 1.300 feet at the westerly end 
of Nott Avenue, title to which has been IcRally acquired. In the short block oast 
of Vernon Avenue the street is paved, and west of this point an apnro.ximatiiy 
graded dirt roadway follows its lines leadinj? to a pier at the waterfront. Tlie 
abutting property is partially improved. In the tributary area there arc approximately 
four hundred buildings, a substantial proportion of which are used for factory 
purposes. The carrying out of the project is made necessary partly because of 
the inadequacy of the existing structure and partly because of the improvements 
now being carried out at the foot of the street by the Department of Docks and 
Ferries, this necessitating the extension of the sewer, which, at the present time, 
has its point of outfall at the original high water line. 

The improvement is petitioned for by a numlicr of property owners represent- 
ing a small proportion of the frontage in the area indirectly affected, which, in tiie 
interior lots, is assessed as having a value ranging from $44 to $400 per linear 
foot, and will probably be assessed at the rate of aliout $0.70 per front foot. The 
direct frontage has a taxed land value ranging from $80 to $84 per linear foot, and 
will probably be assessed at the rate of al)out $4 per front foot. 

The matter is presented at this time at the request of the .\cting Bornuch 
President, but without recommendation for the reason that the final authorization! 
alreadv given this Borough exceed the limit which has been fixed bv the Board. 

Respectfully, NELSON P. LEWIS, Chief Engineer. 

The following was offered : 

A copy of a resolution of the Local Board of the Newtown District, duly adopted 
by said Board on the 22nd day of June, 1916, and approved by the President of the 
Borough of Queens on the 28th day of June, 1916, having been transmitted to the 
Board of Estimate and Apportionment, initiating proceedings for the following local 
improvement : 

"For the construction of a sewer and appurtenances in Nott Avenue, from tiie 

East River to Hancock Street, First \\ard of the Borough of Queens," and 

Whereas, On the 27th day of June, 1912, tlie 15th day of May, 1914. and the 29th 
day of September, 1916, resolutions having been adopted by the Board of Estimate and 
Apportionment authorizing the President of the Borough of Queens to prepare tlie 
necessary plans, specifications and an estimate of the cost of the proposed improvement 
based on actual survey and further resolving that tiie Board of Estimate and Apportion- 
ment will consider the authorization of the construction of the proposed improvement 
after the President of tiie Borough of Queens has submitted certain statements as 
provided in the said resolution, and the said resolution having been duly complie<l with 
by the President of the Borough of Queens, as appears by papers and documents on 
the files of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, and tiiere having been presented 
to the Board of Estimate and Apportionment an estimate in writing in such detail as 
the Board has directed that the cost of the proposed work or improvement, together 
with the preliminary expenses, will be the sum of $36,200; and a statement of the 
assessed value according to the last preceding tax roll of the real estate included 
within the probable area of assessment, to wit, the sum of $3,695,900, having also been 
presented, it is 

Resolved, That the said resolution of the Local Board be an<l the same is hereby 
approved and the construction of the local improvement therein provided for is hereby 
authorized. This Board does hereby determine that no portion of the cost and expense 
thereof shall be borne and paifl iiv The City nf New York, but that the whole of such 
cost and expense, including the aforesaid preliminary expenses, shall l)e assessed upon 
the property deemed to be benefited by the said local improvement. 

Which was adopted by the following vote: 

Affirmative — Tlie Mayor, the Idniptruller, the President of the Boar<l of Aldermen, 
the .Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan and the Presidents of the Boroughs 
of Brooklyn. The Bronx, Queens and Richmond— 16. 

Borough of Richmond. 

The Secretary presented the following report of the Chief Engineer relative to 
Calendar Nos. 97 and 98: 

Renort No. 16091 September 25. 1916. 

Hon. John Pirkoy Mitchel, Mayor. Chairman of the Board of Estinujtc and .■\p('or- 

tionincnt: „ • , r i n 

Sir — Herewith are transmitted communications from the President of the Bor- 
ough of Richmond advising that all of the conditions imposed by the Board prior to 
the authorization of the following local improvements have been complied with: 



September 29, 1916. 5462 

1. Grading, curbing, reflagging where necessary, constructing vitrified brick gut- 
ters (permanent pavement) and paving the remaining portion of the roadway with 
bituminous macadam (preliminary pavement), Ridgewood Place, from Forest Avenue 
to Castleton Avenue. 

The preliminary work for this improvement was authorized by the Board of 
Estimate and Apportionment on July 7, 1916, at which time information was pre- 
sented to show that its probable cost would be about $6,300. The Borough Presi- 
dent states that the time to be allowed for the completion of the improvement is 
30 days and that the expense incurred for preliminary work amounts to' $115. 

The work to be done comprises the following : 450 cu. yds. excavation, 3(X) cu. 
yds. filling (excess), 1,560 lin. ft. cement curbing, 2,5C0 sq. ft. new and old cement 
sidewalk, 590 sq. yds. vitrified brick guttering, 2,CC0 sq. yds. bituminous macadam 
pavement. 

The cost of the improvement is now estimated to be $7,200. 

2. Sanitary sewer in Castleton Avenue, from Glen Avenue to a point about 185 
ft. east of Webster Avenue. 

The preliminary work for this improvement was authorized by the Board of 
Estimate and Apportionment on September 15, 1916, at which time information was 
presented to show that its probable cost would be abo'ut $3,100. The Borough Presi- 
dent states that the time to be allowed for the completion of the improvement is 35 
days and that the expense incurred for the preliminary work amounts to $13.75. 

The work to be done comprises the following : 950 lin. ft. 8-inch pipe sewer, 5 
manholes. 

The cost of the improvement is now estimated to be $3,100. 

The urgency of these improvements was established at the time when the pre- 
liminary authorizations were given and it is recommended that the construction work 
be now authorized. Respectfully, NELSON P. LEWIS, Chief Engineer. 

Ridgewood Place, from Forest Avenue to Castleton Avenue, Richmond — Grading 
Curbing, Reflagging and Paving (Cal. No. 97). 

The following was offered : 

A copy of a resolution of the Local Board of the Staten Island District, duly 
adopted by said Board on the 23rd day of February, 1915, and approved by the Presi- 
dent of the Borough of Richmond on the 25th day of February, 1915, having been 
transmitted to the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, as follows, to wit: 

"Resolved, That this Board does hereby initiate proceedings for the said local 
improvement, to wit : 

"To regulate and grade Ridgewood Place, from Forest Avenue to Castleton 
Avenue, in the First Ward ; to pave the roadway thereof with bituminous 
macadam (preliminary pavement) ; lay vitrified brick gutter (permanent pave- 
ment) three (3) feet wide, on six (6) inch concrete foundation; build cement 
curb with steel nosing; relay or renew cement sidewalk where the same is 
necessar3% and to do all work incidental thereto." 
— and thereupon on the 7th day oi July, 1916. resolution having been adopted 
by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment authorizing the President of the 
Borough of Richmond to prepare the necessary plans, specifications and an estimate 
of the cost of the proposed improvement based on actual survey and further re- 
solving that the Board of Estimate and Apportionment will consider the authori- 
. ation of the construction of the proposed improvement after the President of the 
Borough of Richmond has submitted certain statements as provided in the said 
resolution, and the said resolution having been duly complied with by the President 
of the Borough of Richmond, as appears by papers and documents on the files 
of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, and there having been presented 
to the Board of Estimate and Apportionment an estimate in writing in such detail 
as the Board has directed that the cost of the proposed w-ork or improvement, to- 
gether with the preliminary expenses, will be the sum of $7,200, and a statement 
of the assessed value according to the last preceding tax roll of the real estate 
included within the probable area of assessment, to wit, the sum of $45,433, having 
also been presented, it is 

Resolved, That the said resolution of the Local Board be and the same is hereby 
approved and the construction of the local improvement therein provided for is 
hereby authorized. This Board does hereby determine that no portion of the cost 
and expense thereof shall be borne and paid by The City of New York, but that 
the whole of such cost and expense, including the aforesaid preliminary expenses, 
shall be assessed upon the property deemed to be benefited by the said local improve- 
ment. 

Which was adopted by the following vote ; 



5463 September 29. 1916. 

Affirmative— The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan and the Presidents of 
the Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond— 16. 

Castleton Avenue, from (ilen A\enue to a Point About 1S5 Feet Hast of Web- 
ster Avenue, Richmond — Sanitary Sewer (Cal. .No.*98). 

The following was utTcrcd : 

A copy of a resolution of the Local Board of the Staten Island District, duly 
adopted by said Board on the 14th day of Marcli, 1916. and approved by the Presi- 
dent of the Borough of Richmond on the 15th day of March, 1916, having been 
transmitted to the 15oard of Estimate and Apportionment, as follows, to wit : 

"Resolved, That this Board does hereby initiate proceedings for the said local 

improvement, to wit: 

"To construct a sanitary sewer, with the necessary appurttnancs in Cas- 
tleton Avenue, between Glen .\venue and a point about 185 feet east of VVebster 

Avenue, in the First Ward, Borough of Richmond." 
— and thereupon on the 15th day of September, 1916. resolution having been adopted 
by the Board of Estimate and .Apportionment authorizing the President of the 
Borough of Richmond to prepare the necessary plans, specifications and an estimate 
of the cost of the proposed improvement based on actual survey and further re- 
solving that the Board of Estimate and .Apportionment will consider the authori- 
zation of the construction of the proposed improvement after the President of the 
Borough of Richmond has submitted certain statements as provided in the said 
resolution, and the said resolution having been duly complied with by the President 
of the Borough of Richmond, as appears by papers and documents on the tiles 
of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, and there having been presented 
to the Board of Estimate and Apportionment an estimate in writing in such detail 
as the Board has directed that the cost of the proposed work or improvement, to- 
gether with the preliminary expenses, will be the sum of $3,1()0, and a statement 
of the assessed value according to the last preceding tax roll of the real estate 
included w^ithin the probable area of assessment, to wit, the sum of $18,000 having 
also been presented, it is 

Resolved, That the said resolution of the Local Board be and the same is hereby 
approved and the construction of the local improvement therein provided for is 
hereby authorized. This Board does hereby determine that no portion of the cost' 
and expense thereof shall be borne and paid by The City of New York, but that 
the whole of such cost and expense, including the aforesaid preliminary expenses, 
shall be assessed upon the property deemed to be l)enelited by the said local improve- 
ment. 

Which was adopted by the following vote: 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of .\lder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan and the Presidents of 
the Boroughs of Brooklyn. The Bronx. Queens and Richmond — 16. 

COMMUNICATIONS. PETITIONS. ETC. 

From Citizens and Public Bodies. 

Avenue H and Fast .l^th Street (South Side). Fioroifgh of Brooklyn— Proposed 
Amendment of Districting Resolution (Cal. No. 99). 

The Secretary presented a petition of Benjamin G Hitrhii'r.s. nc. date-l Sep- 
tember 26. 1916. for the removal of the restriction oii the south s:»'e of .Avenue H and 
East 34th street. Borough of Brooklyn, which h included viih-n the area of Zone D; 
and the following report of the Committee on the City Plan • 

September 26. 1916. 
Board of Estimafr attd Apportionment: 

Gentlemen— On September 26. 1916. a petition was received bv the Board of 
Estimate and .Apportionment from Benjamin G. Hitchings. Inc . anH William S. Ross, 
requesting a change in Use District Map. Section No. 2.1. The Secretary of your 
Committee reports to the Commi'tee as follrws : 

"The pe'ition nf Pcnjamin G. Hitchings. In-.. p"d WdliPm S. Rr«s roquest'* 

that all the nrei Iving hefwecn .\venue H nrd the *• •-' " ' " • •• -^f 

the Lomz Island Railroad and between 4(1th Street 

Ivn be placed in an v-ti- ••• ' ' 'listrict. I'' '■ ■ ' 

".A" on the accomTian\: n. This 

from the T ..tu' T.l.-tid 'nd it sc- ■ 



September 29, 1916. 5464 

opmeiit should be allowed. ] recommend that the request of the petitioners be 
granted. 

"Through a mistake in mapping the Use District Map adopted July 2S, 1916, 
makes the areas at the nortlierlj- corners of the intersection of 40th Street and 
Avenue H residence districts. To make these districts consistent with the sur- 
rounding areas it is necessary to change the 100-foot square area at the north- 
west corner of <Oth Street and Avenue H from a residence district to a busi- 
ness district and the ICO-foot square area at the northeast corner of 40th Street 
and Avenue H from a residence district to an unrestricted district. I recommend 
that this change be made at the same time the change petitioned for is made on 
the south side of Avenue H." 

In view of the above report your Committee recommends that the Board fix a 
day for a public hearing on the proposed change in Use District Map, Section No. 23, 
and that notice of such proposed hearing and changes be published for ten days in the 
City Record. Respectfullv submitted, 

JOHN PURROV MitCHEL. Mavor, Chairman; RALPH FOLKS, Acting Presi- 
dent, Borough of Manhattan; LEWIS H. POUNDS, President, Borough of Brooklyn; 
DOUGLAS M.\THE\VSON, President, Borough of The Bronx; AIAURICE E. . 
CONNOLLY. President, Borough of Queens; CALVIN D. VAN NAME, President, 
Borotigh of Richmond ; Committee on the City Plan.. 
The following resolution was offered : 

Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment of the City of New 
York, in pursuance of the provisions of sections 242a and 242b of the Greater New- 
York Charter, will hold a public hearing on Friday. October 13, 1916, at 10.30 a. m., in 
Room 16, City Hall, on a proposal to amend the Building Zone Resolution adopted 
by the Board on July 25, 1916, by changing the Use District Map, Section No. 23, 
which change is shown upon a map bearing the signature of the Secretary of the 
Committee on the City Plan, dated September 27, 1916. 
Which was adopted by the following vote: 

Aflfirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 



Section 23, Blocks 7742=7743, Land Map, Kings County, Borough of Brooklyn 
— Proposed Amendment of Districting Resolution (Cal. No. 100). 

The Secretary presented a petition of William S. Ross, dated September 26, 1916, 
for the removal of the restriction on property situated in section 23, in blocks 7742- 
7743. on the land map of the County of Kin^s, included in Zone D ; and a report of 
the Committee on the City Plan. (See Cal. No. 99 for report covering this matter.) 

The following resolution was offered ; 

Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment of the City of New 
York, in pursuance of the provisions of sections 242a and 242b of the Greater New 
York Charter, will hold a public hearing on Friday. October 13, 1916, at 10.30 a. m., 
in Room 16, City Hall, on a proposal to amend the Building Zone Resolution adopted 
by the Board on July 25, 1916, by changing the Use District Map, Section No. 23, 
which change is shown upon a map bearing the signature of the Secretary of the 
Committee on the City Plan, dated Septem.ber 27, 1916. 

Which was adopted by the following vote : 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 



Police Department — Salaries of Superior Officers (Cal. No. 101). 

The Secretary presented a communication, dated September 18, 1916, from the 
Hotel Association of New York Citv favoring an increase in the salaries of the 
superior officers of the Police Department. 

Which was referred to the Committee on Tax Budget. 



Board of Estimate and Apportionment — Tentative Budget (Cal. No. 102). 

The Secretary presented a communication, dated September 26, 1916, from the 
Director of the Institute for Public Service, asking the Board to consider certain sug- 
gestions with regard to the setting up of the Tentative Budget in advance of the 
first Taxpayers' hearing thereon. 

Which was referred to the Committee on Tax Budget. 



54^o Scptcmhcr 29, 1916. 

Public Service Commission for the First District — Suggested Budget Estimate 

for 1917 (Cal. No. 103). 

The Secretary i)rcseinc<l a cuiiinui'iii-.aiDii, (late<l .Scptinilur 2(), 1916, from the 
Director of the Institufi- for I'uhlic Service. suKKCstiiiL; that tlie Public Service Com- 
mission for the First District be requested to sul»mit an estimate for 1917 of its ex- 
penses in the same manner as Budget estimates are required of other City supported 
activities. 

Which was referred to liis Honor, the Mayor, and the Comptroller. 



Public Service Commission for the First District — Approval of Plans for Tem- 
porary Footbridge and Stairs Over the Tracks of the New ^■ork Central 
Railroad Company and the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad 
Company at or Near 24 1st Street, Horough of The Bronx (Cal. No. 104). 

Tile Secretary presented a communication, dattd Seplemlier 2\, 191(), from the 
Secretary of the Public Service Commission for the First District, transmitting cer- 
tified copy of resolution adopted by the Commission on September 21, 1916, approving 
plans for temporary footbridge and stairs in connection with chanj,'es in the tracks, 
structures and other property of the New York Central Railroad Company and the 
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company at or near 241st street in 
the Borough of The Bronx. 

Which were ordered filed. 



From City, Borough and County Officials. 

Register, Kings County — Amendment to Departmental Estimate for 1917 (Cal. 

No. 105). 

The Secretary presented a com.munication, dated September 25, 1916, from the 
Register of Kings County, requesting that a change be made in his departmental esti- 
mate for 1917, so as to increase the compensation of a Bookkeeper, now receiving 
$1,650 to $1,980 per annum. 

Which was referred to the Committee on Tax Budget. , 

Department of Water Suppiv, Gas and Electricitv — Retirement of Robert J. 
Slattery, Oiler (Cal. No. 106). 

The Secretary presentefl a communication, dated September 20, 1916, from the 
Commissioner of Water Supply, Cias and Klcctricity, requesting the retirement <if 
Robert J. Slattery, an Oiler in said <lepartment. 

Which was referred to the Committee on .Salaries and Grades. 

Various City Departments — Standard Salary Specifications for Engineering and 
Related Groups (Cal. No. 107). 

The Secretary presented a communication dateil Septeml>er 21. 1916, from a com- 
mittee of the Municiiial Engineers of Tlie City of New York, sultmitting views 
adopted by the Directors of the Municijial I'nginecrs at a special meeting held Sep- 
tember 19, 1916, with respect to the sche<lules for engineering and related groups 
contained in the tentative report of the Bureau of Standards on Personal Service. 

Which was referred t<i the Committee on Salaries and (irades. 



Department of Public Charities — Issue of Special Revenue Bonds (Cal. No. 

108). 

The Secretary pre.sented a resolution adopted by the Board of AHrrmcn on Sep- 
tember 12, 1916, approved by the Mayor on .Sci>tember 26, 1916. r» ,n issue 
of $25,000 special revenue bon<ls, the proceeds to be used by the ■ ner of 
Public Oiarities for the |)urposc of purchasing the necessary equipnui ; . i:.. i.ioviding 
for the additional service needed for the after-care of children at City Institutions 
who have been discharged as cured of Infantile Paralysis, said fund to be disbursed 
by the Commissif)ner of F'ublic Charities after consultation with the Com|)trollcr as 
to its application and division. 

Which was referred to the Comptroller. 

Bellevue and Allied Hospitals — Issue of Special Revenue fronds (Cal. No. 

109). 

The Secretary i)reM.nted a resolution adopii-d l>y tlu' Hoard of .Mdcrmen on .Sep- 
tember 12, 1916, approved by the Mayor on .*>eptrmber 1<\ \*^\(t. requesting an issue 
of $25,000 si)ecial revenue bomls, the proceeds to he used by the Trustees of Bellevue 
and .\llied Hospitals for the purpose of purchasing the necessary equipment and 



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providing for the additional service needed for the after-care of children at City In- 
stitutions who have been discharged as cured of Infantile Paralysis, said fund to be 
disbursed by the Board of Trustees after consultation with the Comptroller as to its 
application and division. 

Which was referred to the Comptroller. 



Commissioners of the Sinking Fund — Exchange of Property at Thomson Ave= 
nue and Court Street for Property at Vernon Avenue and Sanford Street, 
Borough of Queens (Cal. No. 110). 

The Secretary presented a communication dated September 21, 1916, from the 
Secretary, Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, transmitting certified copy of reso- 
lution adopted by said Board on September 21, 1916, rescinding resolution adopted 
July 13, 1916, authorizing, subject to the approval of the Board of Estimate and 
Apportionment, an exchange of property owned by the City at the southeasterly cor- 
ner of Thomson avenue and Court street. Borough of Queens, for property owned 
by James S. Herman, at the southwest corner of Vernon avenue and Sanford street, 
in said Borough. 

(On July 27, 1916 (Cal. No. 338), a resolution of the Commissioners of the 
Sinking Fund adopted July 13, 1916, authorizing this exchange of property, to be 
used as an addition to Rainey Park, was presented to the Board and laid over until 
the meeting of July 28, 1916, and on said date (Cal. No. 9) the matter was referred 
back to the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund.) 

The communication and resolution were ordered filed. 



FIXING DATES FOR FUTURE HEARINGS. 
On Changes in the City Map. 

Borough of Brooklyn. 

Street System Within the Territory Bounded by Ralph Avenue, East 86th 
Street, Ditmas Avenue, East 87th Street, Avenue D and East 83rd Street, 
Borough of Brooklyn — Changing Lines. 
East 84th Street and East 85th Street, from Ditmas Avenue to Ralph Avenue, 
and East 86th Street, from Ditmas Avenue to Avenue D, Borough of Brook= 
lyn — Closing and Discontinuing (Cal. No. 111). 

The Secretary ])resentod a communication, dated July 21, 1916, from the Presi- 
dent of the Borough of Brooklyn, transmitting map showing the proposed change; 
and the following report of the Chief Engineer: 

Report No. 16069. September 25, 1916. 

Hon. John Purroy Mitchel, Mayor, Chairman of the Board of Estimate and Appor- 
tionment: 

Sir — Herewith is transmitted a communication from the President of the 
Borough of Brooklyn, bearing date of July 21, 1916, requesting consideration of 
a map showing a proposed discontinuance of East 84th Street and East 85th Street 
from Ralph Avenue to Ditmas Avenue, and of East 86th Street, from Ditmas Avenue 
to Avenue D. 

At the meeting of the Board held on January 21, 1916, provision was made for 
discontinuing East 84th Street and East 85th Street through the block between 
Ditmas .'\venue and Avenue D, this including a section adjoining the Manhattan 
Beach Division of the Long Island Railroad, where it was proposed to make use of 
the railroad facilities in connection with a hrge industrial development. 

The adoption of the plan now submitted is desired in order to permit of en- 
larging the enterprise which has not only taken definite shape, but has also grown 
to a very large extent. 

The closing of East 86th Street as proposed, will remove the need of a railroad 
crossing at this point, and it seems reasonable to assume that the construction of 
the crossing proposed under the existing .plan for East 87th S'-reet distant one 
block to the east, will meet the needs of the locality, this street being anproximately 
midway between East 83rd Street and Remscn Avenue, where crossings have already 

been constructed. . , ^ , i- t- ^ oc^u c* ^«*. 

The proposed closing of the block of East 84th Street and of East 85th Street, 
shown on the plan, will have the effect of creating a somewhat irregularly shaped 
block with a length of 600 feet and a depth ranging from about 283 feet to about 
(m feet This portion of the plan relates to what would otherwise be the extreme 



5467 September 29, 1916. 

northerly end of these streets, the closing of which appears to be unobjectionable 
in so far as the general street system is concerned, both of them having already 
been removed from tlic map through the adjoining block to the south. 

None of the streets to which the plan relates is in use at the present time, and 
there is no evidence to show that the City has any title to the land affeced by the 
plan. 

I see no reason why the plan should not be approved, and would recommend 
such action after a public hearing. 

Respectfully. NELSON P. LEWIS, Chief Engineer. 

Tlie following resolution was offered : 

Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment of The City of New 
York, in pursuance of the provisions of section 442 of the Greater New York Charter, 
as amended, deeming it for the public interest so to do, proposes to change the map 
or plan of Tlie City of New York by changing the lines of the street system within 
the territory bounded by Ralph Avenue, East 86th Street, Ditmas Avenue, East 87th 
Street, Avenue D and East 83rd Street ; and by closing and discontinuing East 84th 
Street and East S5th Street between Ralph Avenue and Ditmas Avenue, and East 
86th Street between Ditmas Avenue and Avenue D, in the Borough of Brooklyn, 
which proposed change is more particularly shown upon a map or plan bearing the 
signature of the Commissioner of Public Works of the Borough, and dated Septem- 
ber 12, 1916. 

Resolved, That this Board consider the proposed change at a meeting of the 
Board to be held in the City Hall. Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, on 
Friday, the 27th day of October, 1916, at 10.30 o'clock a. m. 

Resolved, That the Secrctarj' of this Board cause these resolutions and a notice 
to all persons affected thereby that the proposed change will be considered at a meet- 
ing of the Board to be held at the aforesaid time and place to he published in tlie 
City Record and the corporation newspapers for ten days continuously, Sundays and 
lesal holidays excepted, prior to the 27th day of October, 1916. 

Which was adopted by the following vote : 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 

Borough of The Bronx. 

Street System Within the Territory Bounded by Westchester Avenue, Roberts 
Avenue, Hastern Boulevard, Jarvis Avenue, Zulette Avenue, Rdison A\enue 
and Roebling Avenue, Borough of The Bronx — Changing Lines and (irades 
(Cal. No. 112). 

The Secretary presented a communication, dated May 29. 1916. from the Com- 
missioner of Public Works. Borough of Tlie Bronx, transmitting map showing the 
proposed change; and the following report of the Chief Engineer: 

Report No. 16065. September 20, 1916. 

Hon. John Purroy Mitchel, Mayor, Chairman of the Board of Estimate and Ap- 
portionment: 

Sir — Herewith is transmitted a communication from the Commissioner of Public 
Works, Borough of The Bronx, bearing date of ^fay 29. 1916, requesting approval 
of a map showing a change proposed in the lines and grades of the street system 
within the territory bounrlcd by Westchester .Xveniie. Roberts Avenue. Eastern 
Boulevard, Jarvis Avenue, Zulette Avenue, Edison Avenue and Roebling Avenue. 

This plan more particularly relates to Middletown Road, between Westchester 
Avenue and Eastern Boulevard, a distPiicc of about 3.000 feet, where it is proposed 
to decrease the width from 100 feet as heretofore fixed to 80 feet, excepting tlirough 
a short section immediatelv west of Crosby Avenue where the width will be flared 
to a maximum of about 90 feet in order to fully include within the street lines an 
old highway now in use. The Board is informed that this chanire was approved 
by the Local Board of the Chester District at a meeting held on February 1, 1916. 

From such information as is available it would appear that the carrying out of 
this change will have the effect of avoiding damage to several buildings which en- 
croached upon the lines as Iieretoforc mapped. 

The grade changes shown upon the plan are of a minor character and generally 
consist of an adjustment of platforms at intersections. 

While Middletown Road will doubtless serve as an important approach to Pel- 
ham Bay Park, for which the extension east of Eastern Boulevard is intended to 



September 29, 1916. 5468 

form the southerly boundary, I believe that the width now planned will be adequate 
for future needs and would recommend that, after giving a public hearing, the map 
be approved. Respectfully, NELSON P. LEWIS, Chief Engineer. 

The following resolution was offered: 

Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment of The City of New 
York, in pursuance of the provisions of section 442 of the Greater New York Charter, 
as amended, deeming it for the public interest so to do, proposes to change the map 
or plan of The City of New York by changing the lines and grades of the street 
system within the territory bounded by Westcnester Avenue, Roberts Avenue, Eastern 
Boulevard, Jarvis Avenue, Zulette Avenue, Edison Avenue and Koebling Avenue, 
Borough of The Bronx, which proposed change is more particularly shown upon a 
map or plan bearing the signature of the President of the Borough and dated 
April 20, 1916. 

Resolved, That this Board consider the proposed change at a meeting of the 
Board to be held in the City Hall, Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, oh 
Friday, October 11, 1916, at 10.30 o'clock a. m. 

Resolved, That the Secretary of this Board cause these resolutions and a notice 
to all persons affected thereby that the proposed change will be considered at a meet- 
ing of the Board to be held at the aforesaid time and place to be published in the 
City Record for ten days continuously, Sundays and legal holidays excepted, prior to 
the 27th day of October, 1916. 

Which was adopted by the following vote: 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Alanhattan and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 



Boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens. 

Street System Within the Territory Bounded Approximately by Eastern Park= 
way, the Cemetery of the Evergreens, Tappen Terrace and its Prolongation, 
Interborough Parkway, and Highland Boulevard, Boroughs of Brooklyn and 
Queens — Changing Lines (Cal. No. 113). 

The Secretary presented a communication, dated August 17, 1916, from the Sec- 
retary of the Borough of Queens, transmitting map showing the proposed change; 
and the following report of the Chief Engineer : 

Report No. 16074. September 21. 1916. 

Hon. John Purroy Mitchel, Mayor. Chairman of the Board of Estimate and Appor- 
tionment: 

Sir — Herewith is transmitted a communication from the Secretary of the Borough 
of Queens, bearing date of August 17, 1916, requesting approval of a map showing 
a change proposed in the lines of the street system within the territory bounded approx- 
imately by Eastern Parkway, the cemetery of the Evergreens, Tappen Terrace and 
its prolongation, Interborough Parkway, and Highland Boulevard, in the Boroughs of 
Brooklyn and Queens. 

On November 4, 1910, proceedings were authorized for the acfjuisition of title 
to Vermont Avenue between Cypress Avenue and the line separating the Boroughs 
of Brooklyn and Queens. An examination of the damage majjs prepared in ct)nncc- 
tion with this proceeding showed that the street lines included property belonging 
to the cemetery which could not be taken for public use under the laws as then in 
force, for which reason action in the matter of their approval was deferred with 
the expectation of securing necessary legislation. 

No progress having been made in this direction a map was presented by the 
Borough Secretary near the close of 1914 providing for readjusting the position of 
the westerly line as required in order to harmonize with the cemetery holdings, which 
map. at the meeting of May 14, 1915, was referred back to the Borough President 
for the reason that through the provisions of chai)tcr 410 of the Laws of 1915, which 
became effective on April 28th of that year, a modification was made in the position 
of the Borough Line of such a character as to place a considerable portion of the 
street in which the changes were proposed within the limits of the Borough of 
Brooklyn. 

The map now presented carries out the intent of the one referred back last 
year, but is based on recognizing the new position of the line separating the Borough 
of Brooklyn from the Borough of Queens, the treatment proposed being concurred in 
by the Commissioner of Public Works of the former Borough. Under this plan the 
street will have a uniform width of 50 feet, excepting in certain sections adjoining 



5469 September 29. 1916. 

the cemetery where, in order to avoid cemetery holdinj^'s, it lias been found necessary 
to irregularly contract the width which, as a minimum, will now he a little over 
40 feet. It is understood that in physically improving the street the roadway and 
easterly sidewalk will be given a treatment identical with that which would have been 
provided in case the full width of 50 feet were made available, and that the con- 
traction in sidewalk width will lie confined to the frontage upon the cemetery. 

The plan also shows a projjosed addition of 5.3 acres to Highland I'ark to includr 
property formerly owned by the Long Island Water Supply Company and later taken 
over by the City of Brooklyn for use for water supply purposes. Unrler a resolution 
adopted by the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund on May 16, 1906. jurisdiction 
over this property was transferred from the Department of Water Supply to the Park 
Department, and it has since been under the control of the latter, although no steps 
appear to have been taken to incorporate it upon the City Plan. 

I see no reason why the map should not be adopted, and would recommend such 
action after a public hearing. 

Upon the approval of the plan I would also recommend the adoi)tion of a resolu- 
tion making provision for fixing the roadway width for Vermont Avenue between 
Highland Boulevard and Tappcn Terrace, at 30 feet, this to adjoin a sidewalk width 
of 10 feet on the easterly side ; the remaining space within the street lines to be 
devoted to the westerly sidewalk. 

Respectfully, NELSON P. LEWIS. Chief Engineer. 

The following resolution was offered : 

Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment of The City of New 
York, in pursuance of the provisions of section 442 of the Greater New York 
Charter as amended, deeming it for the public interest so to do, proposes to change 
the map or plan of The City of New York by changing the lines of the street 
system within the territory bounded approximately by Eastern Parkway, the Cem- 
etery of the Evergreens. Tappen Terrace and its prolongation. Interborough Park- 
way and Highland Boulevard, in the Borough of Brooklyn and Queens, which pro- 
posed change is more particularly shown upon a map or plan bearing the signa- 
tures of the President of the Borough of Queens and of the Commissioner of 
Public Works of the Borough of Brooklyn, and dated April 6. 1916. 

Resolved. That this Board consider the proposed change at a meeting of the 
Board, to be held in the City Hall. Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, 
on Friday, the 27th day of October. 1916, at 10:30 o'clock a. m. 

Resolved, That the Secretary of this Board cause these resolutions and a notice 
to all persons affected thereby that the proposed change will be considered at a 
meeting of the Board, to be held at the aforesaid time and place, to be published in the 
City Rkcord for ten days continuously, Sundays and legal holidays excepted, prior 
to the 27th day of October, 1916. 

Which was adopted by the following vote: 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Al- 
dermen, the Actinjj President of the Borough of Manhattan and tlie Presidents 
of the Boroughs ot Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 

Borough of Queens. 

Ocean Promenade, Between the Westerly Line of Beach 126th Street and a 
IVoperty Line .\bout 100 Feet West of the Westerly Side of Reach 14 1st 
Street; and F*ublic ['ark Between Ocean F'roinenade and the Atlnnlic Ocean. 
Borough of Queens— Establishing Lines and (irades; and Laying Out (Cat. 
No. 114). 
The Secretary presented a communication, dated May 31, 1916, from the Sec- 
retary of the Borough of Queens, transmitting map showing the proposed change; 
and the following report of the Chief Engineer: 

Report No. 16052. September 13th. 1916. 

Flan. John Purrov Mitchel. Mayor, CItairuum of the Hoard of Lstimole and 
Apportionment: . . , . „ . , >-. 

Sir— Under date of Mav 31. 1916, the President of the Borough of Queens, 
through his Secretarv. has submitted to the Board of Estimate and Apportionment 
for its consideration' a map or i.lan establishing the lines and grades ot' a street 
known as Ocean Promenade, extending fr.mi tlie westerly side ..f Beach l-6th Street 
to a propertv line about 100 feet west of the westerly side of Be.ich 141st Street, 
and also for'the laying out of a public park between the said Ocean Promenade and 
the Atlantic Ocean'and between the same limits. 



September 29, 1916. 5470 

There was no statement accompanying the plan, which would indicate the pur- 
pose of laying out this street and park, but both of them are shown on the tentative 
map of this part of the Rockaway Peninsula. A request for further information 
was made to the President of .the Borough and he advises that a petition signed by 
117 property owners in Belle Harbor, asking that the City acquire title to this 
Promenade and the adjoining park has been presented to and favorably acted upon 
by the Local Board of the Jamaica District and the final map has been prepared 
and submitted to the Board in order that it might be possible to institute title pro- 
ceedings in accordance with this petition and the Local Board resolution. 

Several years ago the property owners at Rockaway Park, which immediately 
adjoins Belle Harbor on the east, brought about the cession to the City of New York, 
without expense to the City, of the land required for a similar street and strip of 
park between it and the ocean front, and the City after some consideration accepted 
title to the property, although it was apparent that such acceptance might involve 
an obligation to protect the ocean front and, although the strip of park was so 
narrow, that it would afford little more than free access to the ocean without pro- 
viding much space for public recreation. In response to an inquiry addressed to 
Mr. S. H. Molleson, Secretary of the Belle Harbor Property Owners' Association, 
asking whether or not the owners of this property were prepared to cede the land 
to the City, as was done in the case of Rockaway Park, I am informed that there 
is no such intention on the part of these property owners and that it would be 
impracticable for them to do so. It is stated that the owners of the property have 
already had two auction sales and have disposed of a parge portion of the property 
between the northerly side of the proposed Ocean Promenade and the waterfront, 
this property having been subdivided into lots fronting upon the streets leading to 
the waterfront, and no provision having been made for a street along or adjacent 
to the beach. It is evident, therefore, that the plan contemplates the acquisition of 
the property required for the street and park through condemnation proceedings. The 
strip intervening between the street and the ocean front is much narrower than was 
the case at Rockaway Park, the map which has been submitted by the Borough 
President indicating that it is not more than 40 feet wide at Beach I32nd Street, 
although at its easterly boundary, at Beach 126th Street, it appears to be about 
200 feet wide, and at its westerly boundary about 100 feet wide. A width of 80 
feet for the Promenade seems much more than is necessary, and this could probably 
be reduced to about 50 feet if the plan were to be carried out. If the plan is to be 
approved and the property is to be acquired the entire area, both for street and 
park, should be taken under one proceeding and title should be vested in the City 
at the same time. 

The recent policy of the City has been to assess upon property in the immediate 
vicinity at least a part of the cost of acquiring parks, but it is apparent from an 
interview with the Secretary of the Belle Harl)or Association that while the property 
owners in this neighborhood might agree to the assessment of a portion of the cost 
of acquiring the street they would oppose any assessment for the acquisition of the 
park, although, as already stated and as pointed out to him, the intervening strip of 
park is so narrow that "it is difficult to see how there could be any great benefit 
other than to the immediate locality. The President of the Borough of Queens says 
that the purpose of the property owners in asking for the acquisition of this strip 
of beach is to reserve the ocean front for the use of the public, such a course being 
in keeping with the general poHcy of ocean resorts, and he points out that on the 
Neponset tract, which immediately adjoins Belle Harbor and this proposed strip of 
park on the west, considerable beach has been added by the use of jetties and he 
believes that the same result could be accomplished in like manner in front of 
Belle Harbor, thereby increasing the width of the proposed park. The waterfront of 
the Neponset property, a little over 2,000 feet in length, lies between this proposed 
park in front of Belle Harlior and the Seaside Park, already owned by the City. 
The Neponset beach is protected by means of a series of jetties, connected by a 
substantial timber bulkhead at their inshore ends. The City has already incurred 
considerable expense in trying to prevent the erosion of the beach in front of Seaside 
Park, more particularly in front of the hospital which has been erected at the 
easterly end of tliis pa'rk. and it is quite probable that further large expenditures 
will be required in order to prevent further damage. While it is entirely possible 
that by the construction of a series of jetties the narrow strip of beach, which it is 
proposed that the City acquire, could be considerably widened, there seems no pros- 
pect of the City's being able to acquire either by cession or by condemnation the 
beach in front of the Neponset tract. 

The City is at the present time confronted with a somewhat similar problem in 
the protection of the beach in front of Dreamland Park, the erosion which has 



5471 September 29. 1916. 

already taken place eiulaiiKeriiig the stability of the public bath house which has 
been erected along Surf Avenue. 

The Metropolitan Park Commission of the Boston District has been obliged to 
expend large sums in tiie protection of their ocean front reservations, most of this 
protection having been of a sulistantial character in the form of concrete sea walls 
or jamps constructed in the form of stciis. The report of this Commission for 
1915 indicates that in front of the Revere Beach Reservation 1.500 feet of steps or 
ramps have been built, at a cost of some $26,000, or about $17.00 a foot ; while at 
the Winthrop Shore Reservation a sea wall 800 feet long, at an average height of 12 
feet above the beach, has been built at approximately the same cost, or for about 
$32.50 a runr.ing foot. A loss expensive form of beach protection is that constructed 
at the Nantasket Beach Reservation, at a cost of about $6 a foot. 

These instances of the cost of protecting ocean beaches are given in order to 
show that the acquisition of this narrow strip of ocean front will probably involve 
an obligation on the part of the City for further considerable expenditures. This 
being the case, the wisdom of acquiring this property at general City expense, with 
the likelihood that large subsequent expenditures will be required to protect the 
beach, seems questionable. If, however, the cost of acquiring the street and the 
strip of beach outside of it is to be met by local assessment, the Board might feel 
justified in so acquiring it and assuming the obligation of its subsequent protection. 

I would recommend that a date be fixed for a public hearing on the plan, in 
order that an opportunity may be afforded the property owners in this vicinity to 
indicate whether they are prepared to meet the expense of acquiring the property 
through a local assessment, approval of the plan being recommended only on condi- 
tion that thev are willing to do so. Respect fullv. 

NELSON P. LEWIS. Chief Engineer. 

The following resolution was offered : 

Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment of The City of New 
York, in pursuance of the provisions of section 442 of the Greater New York 
Charter as amended, deeming it for the public interest so to do, proposes to change 
the map or plan of The City of New York, by establishing lines and grades for 
Ocean Promenade from Beach 126th Street to a line 100.01 feet west of the westerly 
side of Beach 141st Street: and by laying out a proposed park bounded by Ocean 
Promenade, a line 50 feet west of and parallel with the easterly line of Beach 126th 
Street, the Atlantic Ocean and a line 101 feet west of and parallel with the westerly 
side of Beach 141st Street, Borough of Queens, which proposed change is more 
particularly shown upon a map or plan bearing the signature of the President of 
the Borough, and dated May 19, 1916. 

Resolved, That this Board consider the proposed change at a meeting of the 
Board, to be held in the City Hall, Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, 
on Friday, October 11, 1916, at 10.30 o'clock a. ni. 

Resolveri, That the Secretary of this Board cause these resolutions and a notice 
to all persons affected thereby that the proposed change will be considered at a 
meeting of the Board, to be held at the aforesaid time and place, to be publisheil in the 
City Record for ten days, continuously, Sundays and legal holidavs excejited, prior 
to the 27th day of October, 1916. 

Which was adopted by the following vote : 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the I'resiiient of the F)oar(l of Al- 
dermen, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan, and the Prcsiclcnts 
of the Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx. Queens and Richmond — 16. 

Street System Within the Territory Bounded by Hillside .Avenue, Keyport 
Avenue, Candor Street, Harvard .Avenue, Jamaica ,\\enue and Homer Lee 
Avenue, Borough of Queens — Changini; (Jrades (Cal. .No. 115). 

The Secretary presented a coninnniication. dated January 5. 191(). from the Secre- 
tary to the President of the Borough of Queens, transmitting map showing the 
proposed change; and the following report of the Cliicf Engineer: 

Report No. 16064. September 18, 1916. 

Hon. John Purroy Mitchel. Mayor, Chairman of the Board of Estimate and Appor- 
tionment: 

Sir — Herewith is transmitted a communication from the .Secretary to the Presi- 
dent of the Borough of Queens, bearing date of January 5, 1916. requesting the 
approval of a map showing changes proposal in the grade of the street system within 
the territory bounded by Hillside .Xvenuc, Keyport Avenue, Candor Street, Harvard 
Avenue, Jamaica Avenue, and Homer Lee .\vcnnc. 

This plan makes provision for changing the grade of Cannonbury Road at its 



September 29, 1916. 5472 

intersection with Yale Avenue and with Harvard Avenue. The changes reach a 
maximum of 0.4 feet and are desired in order to make the legal grade conform with 
the improvements which have been carried out in connection with the erection of a 
Public School building on the northerly side of the street. It is understood that 
these modifications will be consistent with such other development as has taken 
place in the locality. 

I see no reason why the plan should not be approved, and would recommend 
such action after a public hearing. 

Respectfully, NELSON P. LEWIS, Chief Engineer. 

The following resolution was ofTered : 

Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment of The City of New 
York, in pursuance of the provisions of section 442 of the Greater New York Charter 
as amended, deeming it for the public interest so to do, proposes to change the map 
or plan of The City of New York, by changing the grades of the street system within 
the territory bounded by Hillside Avenue, Keyport Avenue, Candor Street, Harvard 
Avenue, Jamaica Avenue and Homer Lee Avenue, Borough of Queens, which pro- 
posed change is more particularly shown upon a map or plan bearing the signature 
of the President of the Borough, and dated December 21, 1915. 

Resolved, That this Board consider the proposed change at a meeting of the Board, 
to be held in the City Hall, Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, on Friday, 
October 27, 1916, at 10.30 o'clock a. m. 

Resolved, That the Secretary of this Board cause these resolutions, and a notice 
to all persons affected therebv that the proposed change will be considered at a 
meeting of the Board to be held at the aforesaid time and place, to be published in 
the City Record for ten days continuously, Sundays and legal holidays excepted, 
prior to the 27th day of October, 1916. 

Which was adopted by the following vote : 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 



Borough of Richmond. 

Cunard Place, from Richmond Road to Cedar Terrace, Borough of Richmond — 
Establishing Lines and Grades (Cal. No. 116). 

The Secretary presented a communication, dated August 30, 1916, from the Presi- 
dent of the Borough of Richmond, transmitting map showing the proposed change; 
and the following report of the Chief Engineer : 

Report No. -16092. September 23, 1916. 

Hon. John Purroy Mitchel, Mayor, Chairman of the Board of Estimate and Appor- 
tionment : 

Sir — Herewith is transmitted a communication from the President of the Borough 
of Richmond, l)earing date of August 30, 1916, requesting approval of a map showing 
lines and grades proposed for Cunard Place between Richmond Road and Cedar 
Terrace. 

Cunard Place as shown on this map is to have a length of about 400 feet and a 
width of 50 feet. The street is in use within the limits afifected by the plan and 
serves as frontage for six buildings. It traverses a precipitous slope requiring the 
establishment of grades at rates ranging from about 10 per cent, to about 16 per cent. 
The treatment differs radically from that indicated on the tentative .territorial plans 
for this district as adopted in 1910, but in view of the dedication which has undoubt- 
edly been established, and of the subdivisions which have been made of the abutting 
property, it would appear necessary to recognize the street, while the topography ift 
such as to prevent the use of flatter grades. 

Under these conditions I believe that the plan may properly be approved, and 
would recommend such action after a public hearing. 

I would suggest, however, that the attention of the Borough President be called 
to the desirability of readjusting the tentative plan of this territory in such a way 
as to give necessary recognition to existing development before further final mapping 
is undertaken, to the end that the difficulties which will here be experienced in avoid- 
ing excessive gradients may be eliminated to as great an extent as possible. 

Respectfully, NELSON P. LEWIS, Chief Engineer. 

The following resolution was ofifered : 

Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment of The City of New 
York, in pursuance of the provisions of section 442 of the Greater New York Charter 



5473 September 29. 1916. 

as amended, deeming it for the public interest so to do, proposes to change the map 
or plan of The City of New York, by establishing lines and grades for Cunanl Place, 
between Kicliniond Road and Cedar Terrace, Borough of Kiclimond, whicli proposed 
change is more particularly shown upon a map or plan bearing the signature of the 
President of the Borougli, and dated August -30, 1916. 

Resolved, That tliis F.oard oonsidi-r tlie proposed change at a meeting of the Board, 
to be held in the Citv Hall. Borough of ilanhattan. City of New York, on Friday, 
October 27, 1916. at lOJn o'clock a. m. 

Resolved, That the Secretary of this Board cause these resolutions, and a notice 
to all persons affected thereljy that the proposed cliange will l)e considered at a 
meeting cf the Board to be held at the aforesaid time and place, to I)e published in 
the City Rkcokd for ten days continuously, Sundays and legal holidays excepted, 
prior to the 27th day of October, I9l6. 

Which v.as adopted by the follnwing vote: 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 

The Secretary was directe.d to call the attention of the President of the Borough of 
Richmond to the suggestion of the Chief Engineer relative to readjusting the tentative 

plan. 



On Areas of Assessment for Benefit in Condemnation Proceedings. 

Borough of Broohlyn. 

West Street, from Avenue M to 60th Street, and 23rd Avenue, from West 
Street to 60th Street, and from 62nd Street to 63rd Street, Borough of 
Brooklvn — Acquiring Title (Cal. No. 117). 

The Sccretarv presented a rcsohition adui)tcd June 9, 1916, I)y the Local Board of 
the Flatbush District. Borough i^f Brooklyn, initiating proceedings for this improve- 
ment ; and the followi-ig report of the Chief Engineer : 

Report No. 16076. September 21st. 1916. 

Hon. John Purroy Mitchel, Mayor, Chaintian of the Board of Estimate and Ap- 

portiouwciit : . ,-1 i_ i 

Sir— Herewith is transmitted a resolution of the Local Board of the Hatbush 
District. Borough of Brooklyn, adopted on June 9th. 1916, initiating proceedings 
for acquiring title to the following streets: West Street, from Avenue M to oOth 
Street : 23rd Avenue, from West Street to 60th Street ; and from 62nd Street to 
63rd Street. 

This improvement is petitioned for by two property owners whose holdmgs are 
located in the territory north of Avenue M, the sewers for which are designed to 
outlet tlirough Avenue M across West Street, thence through 23rd Avenue to 60th 
Street. Title to the streets is needed in order to permit of the develoi)ment of the 
tributary area through the constructimi of these outlet sewers, and in a communi- 
cation bearing date of June 28tli, 1916, the Commissioner of Public Works has re- 
quested tliat the opening proceeding l:e immediately advanced. 

The resolution affects one long l»lock of West Street and three short blocks of 
23rd Avenue, having an aggregate length of about X.O'X) feet. Each of the streets 
has been laid out upon the Citv Map to have a width of 80 feet. West Street is 
in use for a portion of its width for a distance of about 300 feet adjonimg 60th 
Street and in the southerly block of 23rd Avenue a macadamized roadway is ni use 
with curbing and (lagging' on the westerly side, but the streets are otherwise not 
upon the gr.nind. A few buildings have been erected upon the property abutting upon 
the easterly side of West Street, but in the case of 23rd .\venue the frontage is 
vacant other tiian in the block l)etween 62nd Street and 63rd Street where a small 
frame building located on the easterly side appears to fall largely within the street 
lines At 6Sth Street. 23rd Avenue becomes discontinuous, and information is pre- 
sented to show that all of the land needed for the street between West Street and 
6Sth Street inclu<ling the westerly half of the block between 62nd Street and 63rd 
S'treet other tiian the portions described by the Uical Board, has been ceded to 
the citv bv tiie i)ropertv owners. Because of the building encroachment noted in 
the southerly block of 23rd Avenue it is deemed advisable to here include in the 
district of assessment all of the westerly frontage and the adjoining property to the 
depth of one-half block so that it can be assessed for its pr.)portional share of the 



September 29, 1916. 5474 

building damage. In the section south of 60th Street. West Street is regulated and 
graded, and north of Avenue M it is thought probable that some change in the 
street alignment heretofore determined upon may be necessary in connection with 
the readjustment of the street system to conform with the boundary of Washington 
Cemetery. The borough authorities accordingly believe that the block described is 
the only portion of the street where an opening proceeding will be necessary. 

I would recommend that after giving a pu])lic hearing as to a proposed area of 
assessment, a resolution be adopted for acquiring title in fee to West Street and to 
23rd Avenue l)etween the limits named ; that the compensation to be made to the 
owners of ihe real property to be acquired and the assessment of the cost of the 
improvement be ascertained ])y the Supreme Court without a jury; and that the 
entire cost and expense of the proceeding be assessed upon the property benefited. 
A description for the proposed area of assessment is herewith presented. Respectfull)', 

NELSON P. LEWIS, Chief Engineer. 

The following was offered : 

Whereas, The Board of Estimate and Apportionment of The City of New York 
is considering the advisability of instituting proceedings to acquire title to the real 
property required for the opening and extending of West Street, from Avenue M to 
60th Street; 23rd Avenue, from West Street to 60th Street, and from 62nd Street to 
63rd Street, in the Borough of Brooklyn, City of New York; and 

Whereas, The Board of Estimate and Apportionment is authorized and required at 
the time of the adoption of the resolution directing the institution of proceedings to 
acquire title to the real property required for the foregoing improvement to fix arjd 
determine upon an area or areas of assessment for benefit for said proceedings. 

Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, in pursuance of the 
provisions of section 973 of the Greater New York Charter, as amended, hereby gives 
notice that the proposed areas of assessment for benefit in these proceedings are as 
follows : 

1. Beginning at a point on the southerly boundary line of Washington Cemetery 
where it is intersected by the prolongation of a line midway between Bay Parkway 
and 23rd Avenue, as these streets are laid out between 59th Street and 60th Street, 
and running thence eastwardly along the southerly boundary line of Washington 
Cemetery to the intersection with a line midway between West Street and Gravesend 
Avenue ; thence southwardly along the said line midway l)etween West Street and 
Gravesend Avenue to the intersection with the prolongation of a line midway be- 
tween 60th Street and 61st Street; thence northwestwardly along the said line mid- 
way between 60th Street and 61st Street and along the prolongation of the said line 
to the intersection with a Hne bisecting the angle formed by the intersection of the 
westerly line of West Street and the southeasterly line of 23rd Avenue; thence 
northwardly along the said bisecting line to the intersection with the southwesterly 
line of 60th Street ; thence ncjrthwcstwardly along the southwesterly line of 60th 
Street to the intersection with a line midway between Bay Parkway and 23rd Avenue 
as these streets are laid out between 59th Street and 60th Street ; thence northeast- 
wardly along the said line midway between Bay Parkway and 23rd Avenue and 
along the prolongation of the said line to the point or place of beginning. 

2. Bounded on the northeast by the southwesterly line of 62nd Street; on the 
southeast by a line midway between 23rd Avenue and 24th Avenue ; on the southwest 
by the nortlieasterly line of 63rd Street; and on the northwest by a line midway 
between Bay Parkway and 23rd Avenue. 

Resolved, That this Board consider the proposed areas of assessment at a meeting 
of the Board to l^e held in The .City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, in the City 
Hall, on Friday, Octol)er 27, 1916, at 10:30 o'clock a. m., and that at the same time 
and place a public hearing thereon will then and there be had. 

Resolved, That the Secretary of this Board cause these resolutions and a notice 
to all persons affected thereby to be published in the City RrxoRn and in the Corporation 
Newspapers for ten days, exclusive of Sundays and legal holidavs, prior to Friday, 
October 27, 1916. 

Which was adopted by the following vote : 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comi)troIler, the President of the Board of Aldermen, 
the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan and the Presidents of the Boroughs 
of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — lO. 

Portal Street, from Eastern Parkway to East New York Avenue, and Union 
Street, from Ralph Avenue to Portal Street, Borough of Brooklyn — Acquir= 
ing Title (Cal. No. 118). 

The Secretary presented a resolution adopted June 9, 1916, by the Local Board of 
the New Lots District, Borough of Brooklyn, initiating proceedings for this improve- 
ment ; and the following report of the Chief Engineer : 



5475 September 29. 1916. 

Report No. 16077. September 21, 1916. 

Hon. John Purroy Mitchel, Mayor, Chairman of the Board of Estimate and Appor- 
tionment: 

Sir — Herewith i.s transmitted a resolution of the Local Board of the New Lots 
District, Borough of Brooklyn, adopted on June 9, 1916, initiating proceedings for 
acquiring title to the following streets : 

Portal Street, from Lastorn Parkway to East New York Avenue; Union Street, 
from Ralph Avenue to Portal Street. 

This resolution affects one block, or about 400 feet, of Union Street and two 
blocks, or about 700 feet, comprising the entire length of Portal Street. The former 
street has been laid out upon the City Map to have a width of 60 feet and the latter 
a width generally of 50 feet, although near the junction with Union Street this is 
somewhat "irregular and has a maximum of 52 feet. Portal Street is not in use and 
the property abutting upon it is entirely unimproved, but a narrow roadway falls 
within the lines of Union Street and this serves as frontage for six old buildings, 
some of which, it is believed, encroach upon the land to be acquired. 

This ])ortion of Union Street was included in an opening proceeding authorized 
on December 30, 1909, but the street was subsequently here discontinued when the 
territory bounded by Buffalo Avenue, Eastern Parkway, Ral])h Avenue and East New 
York Avenue was laid out as an extension of Lincoln Terrace Park. Under a plan 
adopted on February 11, 1916, the street was restored to the City Map in the section 
between Ralph Avenue and Portal Street, and the latter street was laid out as a 
bounding street along the easterly limit of land adjoining the modified park area 
which adjoins land to be acquired for tlie purpose of rapid transit construction. 

The petitioners for the improvement are stated to represent more than 50 per 
cent, of the frontage on Portal Street and have requested that the necessary land be 
acquired under a single opening proceeding, including provision for Union Street. 
In a communication bearing date of June 28, 1916, the Commissioner of Public Works 
has requested that the opening proceeding be immediately instituted. For the reason 
that the accruing benefit will be wholly of a local nature, the area of assessment 
suggested has been made to include only such property in private ownership as has 
direct frontage on the two streets. There would appear to be good reason why the 
proceeding should be begun as the early provision of transit facilities will probably 
have a beneficial result in stimulating a suitable development in the adjoining terri- 
tory, which at the present time is not in keeping with the dignity of Eastern Park- 
way, which it closely adjoins. 

I would recommend that, after giving a public hearing as to a suggested district 
of assessment, a resolution be adopted for acquiring title in fee to Portal Street and 
to Union Street, between the limits named, with the understanding that the two streets 
will be made the subject of a single opening proceeding. 

I would also recommend that the compensation to be made to the owners of 
the real property to be acquired and the assessment of the cost of the improvement 
be ascertained by the Supreme Court without a jury, and that the entire cost and 
expense of the proceeding lie assessed upon the property benefited. 

A description for the district of assessment is herewith presented. 

Respectfully, NELSON P. LEWIS. Chief Engineer. 

The following was offered : 

Wlureas, The Board of Estimate and Apportionment of The City of New York 
is considering the advisability of instituting i)roceedings to acquire title to the real 
property required for the opening and extending of Portal Street, from l-^istern 
Parkway to East New York .\venue, and to Union Street, from Ralph Avenue to 
Portal .Street, in the Bcjrough of P>rooklyn, City of New York; and 

Whereas, The Board of Estimate and .Apportionment is authorized and required 
at the time of the adoption of the resolution directing the institution of proceedings 
to acquire title to the real property re(|uired for the foregoing imprtivemcnt to hx 
and determine upon an area or areas of assessment for benefit for said proceedings. 

Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and .Apportionment, in pursuance of the 
provisions of section 973 of the Greater New York Charter, as amended, hereby gives 
notice that the proposed area of assessment for benefit in these proceedings isas 

follows : r- r. • I • • • 

Beginning at a point on the southerly line of Eastern Parkway where \t is niter- 
sected liy the southwesterly line of Portal Street, and running tl'. ^ ■ . ,.ia irdly along 
the southerly line of Eastern Parkway to a point <li';tant lOd rly from 

the northeasterly line of Portal Street, the sai<l clistance !■ . ^* '"'S'l* 

angles to Portal Street: thence southeastwardly and always ib>i.ini \W leet north- 
easterly from and parallel with the northeasterly line of Portal Street to the inter- 



September 29, 1916. 5476 

section with a line distant 100 feet northerly from and parallel with the northerly- 
line of Union Street, the said distance being measured at right angles to Union 
Street; thence eastwardly along the said line parallel with Union Street to the inter- 
section with the westerly line of Ralph Avenue ; thence southwardly along the west- 
erly line of Ralph Avenue to the intersection with the northwesterly line of East 
New York Avenue; thence southwestwardly along the nortliwesterly line of East 
New York Avenue to the intersection with a line distant 100 feet southerly from 
and parallel with the southerly line of Union Street, the said distance being meas- 
ured at right angles to Union Street ; thence westwardly along the said line parallel 
with Union Street to the intersection with a line distant 100 feet easterly from and 
parallel witli the easterly line of Portal Street as this street is laid out where it adjoins 
East New York Avenue, the said distance being measured at right angles to Portal 
Street; thence southwardly along the said line parallel with Portal Street to the inter- 
section with the' northwesterly line of East New York Avenue; thence southwest- 
wardly along the northwesterly line of East New York Avenue to the intersection 
with the westerly line of Portal Street, and thence generally northwardly along the 
westerly line of Portal Street to the point or place of beginning. 

Resolved, That this Board consider the proposed area of assessment at a meeting 
of the Board to be held in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, in the City 
Hall, on Friday, October 27, 1916, at 10:30 o'clock a. m., and that at the same time and 
place a pul)lic hearing thereon will then and there be had. 

Resolved, That the Secretary of this Board cause these resolutions and a notice 
to all persons affected thereby to be published m the City Record and in the Corporation 
Newspapers for ten days, exclusive of Sundays and legal holidays, prior to Friday, 
October 27, 1916. 

Which was adopted by the following vote : 

Affirmative-^The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Aldermen, 
the Acting President of tlie Borough of Alanhattan and the Presidents of the Boroughs 
of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 

Borough of The Bronx. 

East 161st Street, on Its Southerly Side, from Mott Avenue to a Point About 
100 Feet East of Sheridan Avenue, Borough of The Bronx — Amending Pro- 
ceeding for Acquiring Title to Widening (Cal. No. 119). 

The Secretary presented the following report of the Chief Engineer: 

Report No. 16062. September 19, 1916. 

Hon. John Purroy Mitchf.l, Mayor, Chairman of the Board of Estimate and Appor- 
tionment : 

Sir — At the meeting of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment held on Feb- 
ruary 4, 1916, a proceeding was instituted for accjuiring title to the land needed for 
the widening of East 161st Street on its southerly side from Mott Avenue to a point 
about 100 feet east of Sheridan Avenue, in the Borough of The Bronx. 

The rule and damage maps in this proceeding were approved on June 9th, but 
representatives of the New York Central Railroad Company subsequently objected 
to the taking of as much land as was contemplated on the plan under which the 
widening was laid out, with the result that on September 15th an amendatory map 
was adopted in accordance with an agreement that had been reached embodying 
provision for materially reducing the new street area insofar as it affected land in 
railroad ownership. It will be necessary to modify the scope of the proceeding* in 
order to bring it into harmony with the present City Map. 

I would recommend that after a new public hearing has been given concerning 
a district of assessment identical in position with the one heretofore fixed and as 
shown on the diagram originally prepared, the opening proceeding be amended in 
such a way as to relate to the widening of East 161st Street on its southerly side 
between the limits named as now laid out. 

Respectfully, NELSON P. LEWIS, Chief Engineer. 

The following was offered : 

Whereas, tlic Board of Estimate and Apportionment is considering the advisability 
of amending the proceeding authorized by said Board on February 4, 1916, for acquir- 
ing title to the real property required for the widening of East 161st Street on its 
.southerly side from Mott Avenue to a point about 100 feet east of Sheridan Avenue, 
Borough of The Bronx, so as to conform to a map or plan adopted by the Board of 
Estimate and Apportionment on Sejitember 15. 1916, changing the lines of said East 
161st Street so as to provide for taking a small railroad area ; the proposed amended 
proceeding providing for the acquisition of title to the real property required for the 



5477 



September 29. 1916. 



widening of East 161st Street on its southerly side from Mott Avenue to a point 
about 100 feet east of Sheridan Avenue, as said East 161st Street is now laid out 
upon the map or plan of tlie City of New York. 

Resolved, Tliat the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, in pursuance of 
the provisions of the Greater New York Charter, as amended, hereby gives notice 
that the proposed district of assessment for benefit in these proceedings is as shown 
on the following dia.yram : 

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Resolved, That this Boanl consider the proposed di.->lrict of assessment at a 
meeting of the Board to be held in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, 
in the City Hall, on Friday, the 27th day of October, 1916. at 10.30 o'clock A. M., 
and that at the same time and place a public hearing thereon will then and there bc 
had. 

Resolved. That the Secretary of tliis Board cause these resolutions and a notice 
to all persons affected thereby to be published in the Cm' Rfxord for ten days con- 
tinuou.ily. Sundays and legal holidays excepted, prior to the 27th day of October. 1916. 

Which was adapted by the follciwini; vote: 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 



Borough of Qucctts. 

Lowerv Street, from Skillman Avenue to Queens EioulcNard. and from <iould 
Avenue to Fiorden Avenue, Borough of Queens — .Acquiring Title (Cal. No. 
120). 

The Sccretarv presented the following report of the Chief Engineer: 

Report No. 16078. September 23rd. 1916. 

J I nil. John Purrov Mitchel, Mayor, Chairman nf the Board of I-'.stimate and Appor- 
tionment: 

Sir — Herewith is transmitted a resohitinn of the Local Board of the Newtown 
District. Borough of Queens, adopted on !>eptember 23rd. 1915. initialing proceedings 
for acquiring title to Lowery Street, where not already acquired, from Skillman 
Avenue to Borden .Avenue. 

This resolution relates to the entire length of Lowery Street, which has been 
laid out upon the City Map to have a width of 60 feet. From a point just south 
of Foster Avenue to a point about 200 feet south of Gould Avenue, title to the land 
has been ceded to the City by the property owners, and it is clearly unnecessary to 
include this area in the opening proceeding. For the reason, however, that the 



September 29, 1916. 5478 

area thus acquired is somewhat irregular, it would seem advisable to include in the 
proceeding all of such blocks where the land has not been fully ceded, but in such 
cases the frontage will be automatically exempted from assessment, although it 
is here included in the suggested district of assessment. 

Modified as thus described, the proceeding would relate to the two blocks of 
the street north of Queens Boulevard, and the block between Gould .'\venue and 
Borden Aevnue located at the southerly end, these having an aggregate length of 
about 1,800 feet. The street is in use only for a distance of about 300 feet adjoin- 
ing Skillman Avenue where a number of buildings have been erected upon the 
property abutting on the westerly side. It is believed that there are no encroach- 
ments. 

The improvement is petitioned for by four property owners who are stated to 
represent a little more than 1,200 feet of actual frontage on the street. There is 
to be a station of the Queens Boulevard rapid transit extension at the intersection 
with Lowery Street, and it is desired that title be acquired in order that the property 
owners may avail themselves of the advantages that it is expected will accrue as 
soon as the railroad is put in operation. In a communication bearing date of August 
22nd, 1916, the Acting Borough President has accordingly requested that the opening 
proceeding be instituted at the earliest possible time. 

I would recommend that after a public hearing has been given as to a suggested 
district of assessment, a resolution be adopted for acquiring title in fee, where not 
already acquired, to Lowery Street, from Skillman Avenue to Queens Boulevard, 
and from Govild Avenue to Borden Avenue. 

I would also recommend that the compensation to be made to the owners of 
the real property to be acquired and the assessment of the cost of the proceeding, be 
ascertained by the Supreme Court without a jury; and that the entire cost and ex- 
pense of the proceeding be assessed upon the property benefited. A description 
for the suggested district of assessment is herewith presented. 

Respectfully, NELSON P. LEWIS, Chief Engineer. 

The following was offered : 

Whereas, the Board of Estimate and Apportionment of The City of New York 
is considering the advisability of instituting proceedings to acquire title to the real 
property required for the opening and extending of Lowery Street from Skillman 
Avenue to Queens Boulevard, and from Gould Avenue to Borden Avenue, in the 
Borough of Queens, City of New York; and, 

Whereas, the Board of Estimate and Apportionment is authorized and required 
at the time of the adoption of the resolution directing the institution of proceedings 
to acquire title to the real property required for the foregoing improvement to fix and 
determine upon an area or areas of assessment for benefit for said proceedings. 

Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, in pursuance of the 
provisions of Section 973 of the Greater New York Charter as amended, hereby gives 
notice that the proposed areas of assessment for benefit in these proceedings are as 
follows : 

I. Bounded on the north by a line distant 100 feet northerly from and parallel 
with the northerly line of Skillman Avenue, the said distance being measured at 
right angles to Skillman Avenue ; on the east by a line midway between Lowery 
Street and Van Buren Street, and by the prolongation of the said line; on the south 
by the northerly line of Queens Boulevard ; and on the west by a line midway 
between Lowery Street and Bragaw Street and by the prolongation of the said line. 

II. Bounded on the north by the southerly line of Gould Avenue; on the east 
by a line midway between Lowery Street and \'an Buren Street and by the prolon- 
gation of the said line; on the south by the southerly line of Borden Avenue; and 
on the west by a line midway between Lowery Street and Bragaw Street and by the 
prolongation of the said line. 

Resolved, That this Board consider the proposed areas of assessment at a meeting 
of the Board to be held in The City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, in the 
City Hall, on Friday, October 27, 1916, at 10.30 o'clock A. M., and that at the same 
time and place a public hearing thereon will then and there be had. 

Resolved, That the Secretary of this Board cause these resolutions and a notice 
to all persons affected thereby to be published in the City Record for ten days, 
exclusive of Sundays and legal holidays, prior to Friday, October 27, 1916. 

Which was adopted by the following vote : 

Affirmative— The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 



5479 .Scptcml)cr 29. 1916. 

Thew Avenue, from Penelope Street to Nassau Avenue (North Hempstead 
Turnpike), Borough of Queens — Acquiring Title (Cal. No. 121). 

The Secretary presented the following report of tlie Chief Engineer: 

Report No. 16041. September 12, 1916. 

Hon. John Purroy Mitchel, Mayor, Chainnan of the Board of Estimate and Afpor- 
tiontncnt: 

Sir — At the meeting of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment held on May 
2, 1912, a proceeding was instituted for acquiring title to Thew Avenue, from Corinth 
Avenue to Satterlee Avenue, in the Borough of Queens. The Commissioners have 
not as yet been applied for and in order to advance the proceeding it will have to be 
reinstituted to conform with the requirements of the Street Opening Law as recently 
amended. 

Under a map adopted by the Board on July 1, 1915, the two blocks of Thew 
Avenue north of Nassau Avenue (North Hempstead Turnpike) were discontinued, 
and information has been presented to show that the street as heretofore planned in 
the two blocks south of Penelope Street occupies a position inconsistent with existing 
streets and improvements to such an extent as to here necessitate a similar elimination. 
Under these conditions it would clearly be inadvisable to reinstitute the proceeding 
other than by limiting its scope to the section extending between Penelope Street 
and Nassau Avenue where the street lines will be permanently retained. 

Modified as last described the proceeding would affect five blocks or about 
3,900 feet of Thew Avenue, which has been laid out upon the City Map to have a 
width of 60 feet. The street is not in use and the area traversed is generally unim- 
proved. It is believed that a number of outbuildings fronting on Old Johnson Avenue 
fall partially within the street lines. 

Inasmuch as it was originally intended to have this proceeding carried ou* 
through the appointment of Commissioners, I believe that it would be desirable to 
now adhere to such a course. 

From advice received at the Bureau of Street Openings it would appear that 
charges incurred by the Corporation Counsel in advancing this proceeding up to a 
recent date amount to $7.63, and by the Borough President's office to $906.42, making 
a total of $914.05. It will probably be impracticable to recover a substantial portion 
of these expenditures because of the modification now made necessary. 

After giving a new public hearing as to a proposed area of assessment rnodified 
as required by the changed conditions, I would recommend that the proceeding for 
acquiring title in fee to Thew Avenue be reinstituted, but that its scope be limited 
to the section extending from Penelope Street to Nassau Avenue (North Hempstead 
Turnpike). 

I would also recommend that the compensation to be made to the owners of the 
real property to be acquired and the assessment of the cost of the improvement be 
ascertained by Commissioners of Estimate and one Commissioner of Assessment to 
be appointed by the court; that the entire cost and expense of the proceeding be 
assessed upon the property Ijencfitcd ; and that a district of assessment be laid out 
to include an area the description for which is herewith presented. 

Owing to the comparatively short interval between the time when this proceeding 
can be authorized and the close of the year, it would seem desirable to omit in the 
resolution of authorization any requirement as to approval of a rule anrl damage 
map by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment in order that there may be no 
question as to the applicability of those sections of the Charter which contemplate 
the appointment of Commissioners to act in any proceeding authorized prior to 
January 1, 1917. I would suggest, however, that the attention of the Borough Presi- 
dent be called to the dcsirabilitv of transmitting the rule and damage maps through 
the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, following the procedure heretofore 
observed in this particular, to the end that full information concerning the pro- 
ceeding may be available. n-ivic r-u- c r ■ 

Respectfully, NELSON P. LEWIS, Chief Engnieer. 

The following was offered: 

Whereas, the Board of Estimate and .Vpportionment of The City of New York 
is considering the advisability of instituting proceedings to acquire title to the real 
property required for the opening and extending of Thew .\venue from Penelope 
Street to Nassau .\venue (North Hempstead Turnpike), in the Borough of Queens, 
City of New York: and . ... ... 

Whereas, the Board of Estimate and Apportionment is authorized and required 
at the time of the adoption of the resolution directing the institution of proceedings 
to acquire title to the real property required for the foregoing improvement to fix 
and determine upon an area or areas of assessment for benefit for said proceedings. 



September 29, 1916. 5480 

Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, in pursuance of the 
provisions of section 973 of the Greater New York Charter, as amended, hereby 
gives notice that the proposed area of assessment for Ijenetit in these proceedings is 
as follows : 

Bounded on the north by a line always distant 100 feet northerly from and 
parallel with the northerly line of Nassau Avenue as this street is laid out in the 
tangents adjoining Thew Avenue and the prolongation thereof, the said distance 
being measured at right angles to Nassau Avenue ; on the east by a line midway 
between Thew Avenue and Corintli Avenue, as these streets are laid out between 
Jansen Avenue and Eliot Avenue and by the prolongation of the said line; on the 
south by a line distant 100 feet southerly from and parallel with the southerly line 
of Penelope Street, the said distance being measured at right angles to Penelope 
Street ; and on the west by a line midway between Thew Avenue and Weisse Avenue 
and by the prolongation of the said line. 

Resolved, That tliis Board consider the proposed area of assessment at a meeting 
of the Board to l)e held in The City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, in the 
City Hall, on Friday, October 27, 1916, at 10.30 o'clock a. m., and that at the same 
time and place a public hearing thereon will then and there be had. 

Resolved, That the Secretary of this Board cause these resolutions and a notice 
to all persons atYected thereby to be published in the City Record for ten days, ex- 
clusive of Sundays and legal holidays, prior to Friday, October 27, 1916. 

Which was adopted by the following vote : 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 



Trautwine (Franklin) Street, from Fisk Avenue to Ramsey Street, Borough of 
Queens — Acquiring Title (Cal. No. 122), 

The Secretary presented a resolution adopted September 2, 1915, by the Local 
Board of the Newtown District, Borough of Queens, initiating proceedings for this 
improvement; and the following report of the Chief Engineer: 

Report No. 16075. September 23, 1916. 

Hon. John Purroy Mitchf.l, Mayor, Chairman of the Board of f:siiiiiatc and Appor- 
tionment: 

Sir — Herewith is transmitted a resolution of the Local Board of the Newtown 
District, Borough of Queens, adopted on September 2, 1915, initiating proceedings for 
acquiring title to Trautwine (I'Vanklin) Street from Fisk Avenue to Ramsey Street. 

This resolution relates to two blocks or about SOO feet at the easterly end of 
Trautwine Street, which, as laid out upon the City Map, has a width of 50 feet. It 
will serve as the southerly outlet for Delafield Street, as well as for that portion of 
Ramsey Street now in use. The carrying out of this proceedine is petitioned for by 
property owners who claim to represent the entire frontage. The street lines, how- 
ever, appear to be to some extent inconsistent with the property subdivisions, and I 
am unable to verify the extent of the ownership. 

The street is not in use between the limits affected by the proceeding, and a frame 
building, together with a number of greenhouses, appears to fall wholly within its 
lines. 

As mapped, the street has its westerly terminal at Burroush Avenue, distant two 
blocks, or about 700 feet, west of Fisk Avenue. Through this portion of its length 
the street appears to be in use for its full width, excepting through a distance of 
about 100 feet adjoining Burrough Avenue. I have taken up with the Borough Presi- 
dent the question of acquiring title to the entire street length in a single proceeding, 
and am informed by him that the portion of the street west of Fisk Avenue, for 
which a dedication cannot be cstaldished, will probably be ceded to the Citv for street 
purposes, negotiations having already been opened with the owner of the property 
with this in view. 

The carrying out of the proceeding as proposed by the Lnc^l Board is urocd by 
the Borough authorities in order that adequate access to the adjoining territory may 
be provided. 

Under the usual treatment of proceedings of this character, the area of benefit 
Avould bterallv be limited to the abutting propertv to a depth of one-half block, while 
the longitudinal boundaries would be limited by Fisk Avenue on the west and bv a line 
100 feet east of Ramsey Street on the east. In view, however, of the benefit which 
would accrue to all of the propertv abutting on the street throueh its entire length, 
and of the propriety of sharing the expense due to building damase through this 
territory, it would seem proper to fix approximately the same district of benefit as 



5481 



September 29, 1910. 



would be tlic case if the entire street Icngtli were being opened, the treatment in this 
respect being identical with that already agreed upon by the Board for a similar case 
in the Borough of The Bronx. 

1 would recomnuiid that, after giving a public hearing as to the suggested district 
of assessment, a resolution be adopted for acquiring title in fee to Trautwine Street 
from Fisk Avenue to Ramsey Street ; that the compensation to be made to the owners 
of the real property to be acquired and the assessment of the cost of the improvement 
be ascertained by the Supreme Court without a jury; that the entire cost and expense 
of the proceeding be assessed upon the property benefited; and that a district of assess- 
ment be laid out to include the territory shown upon the accompanying diagram. 

I would also recommend that the attention of the Borough President be directed 
to the apparent inconsistency of the present street lines with respect to existing prop- 
erty subdivisions in the block between Fisk Avenue and Delatield Street, with the 
suggestion that unless the land within the bed of the street is in the same ownership 
as the adjoining property on the north, a map be forwarded at a date prior to the 
presentation of the damage maps under which provision will be made for here making 
the northerly street line conform with the requirements as to ownership, with the 
understanding that upon its adoption the opening proceeding will be correspondingly 
modified. Respectfully, NELSON" P. LEWIS. Chief Engineer. 

The following was offered: ' ■»• i 

\\hereas, the Board of Estimate and .Apportionment of The City of New York 
is considering the advisability of instituting proceedings to acquire title to the real 
property required for the opening and extending of Trautwine Street from I--isk .\ve- 
nue to Ramsev Street, in the Borough of Queens. City of New York; and 

Whereas, the Board of Estimate and .Apportionment is authorized and required 
at the time of the adoption of the resolution directing the institution of proceedings 
to acquire title to the real property required for the foregoing improvement to I'lX 
and determine upon an area or areas of assessment for benefit for said proceedings. 

Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, in pursuance of the 
provisions of section 973 of the Greater New York Charter, as amended, hereby 
gives notice that the proposed area of assessment for benefit in those proceedings is 
.IS sb.own on the following diatiram 



EAPLAriATORr Nore: 

^— — irtc/icates the boui^dary 
of the area of ass e s sfent . 

n ind'cntei the ppzitiof of angle 
point: ui/jich are '!:>t other- 
wise c/earli/fijiet/ 

All c/iz toTCCj indicated are in 
fret artaare to be rrca street 
at rljfit arqies or normal to 
the street lines to which thff/ 
are referenced. 

Tfte original of this dtagrar<7i$ 
Oft file in the office of the 
Chief C^qireer. fPorm IJ4/^ 
Municipal Building. 




D-1625 



BOAPD or ITS TIM A re and APPO/frionM€fir 

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Chief Engineer 



J\esoi\e(i, I lial this i'.oard rons!<it r liie i)ropose(i .irea of asse>.Mnent at a meeting 
of the Board to be held in The Citv of New York, Borough of .Manhattan, in the 
City Hall, f^n bViday, ()ctoi)er 27, 191(), at 10.30 o'clock a. m., and that at the same 
time and place a public hearing thereon will then and there be had. 

Resolved. That the Secretary of this Board cause these res<^lutions ^.nd a notice 
to all persons affected thereby to l)c published in the Citv Recorh for ten days, ex- 
clusive of Sundays and legal holidays, prior to Friday, October 21, 1916. 

Which was ad<ipted by the following vote: 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of .Mdcr- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Matihattan and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens and Richmond— 16. 



September 29, 1916. 5482 

The Secretary was directed to call the attention of the President of the Borough 
of Queens to the suggestion of the Chief Engineer relative to the change in street 
plans. 



MATTERS LAID OVER FROM PREVIOUS MEETINGS. 

Department of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity — Approval of Agreement with 
German=American Improvement Company and Issue of Corporate Stock (Cal. 
No. 123). 

(On June 4, 1915 (Cal. No. 46), a communication from the Commissioner of 
Water Supply, Gas and Electricity, submitting agreement and requesting issue of 
corporate stock to provide for same, was presented and referred to the Committee 
on Corporate Stock Budget. On August 15, 1915, the Secretary transmitted to the 
Bureau of Contract Supervision a communication from said Commissioner urging 
action in the matter. On February 4, 1916 (Cal. No. 112), and April 14, 1916 (Cal. 
No. 132), communications from the Commissioner on this subject were presented 
and referred to the Committee on Corporate Stock Budget.) 

(On July 27, 1916 (Cal. No. 38), the matter was laid over until September 
15, 1916, and on the latter date (Cal. No. 223) it was laid over until September 22, 
1916; on which date (Cal. No. 54) it was laid over until this meeting.) 

The Secretary presented the following communication, dated May 26, 1915, from 
the Commissioner of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity, submitting for approval a 
proposed form of agreement with the German American Improvement Company for 
the sale to the City of certain water pipes and appurtenances in the Borough of 
Brooklyn; and the following majority and minority reports of the Committee on 
Corporate Stock Budget, relative thereto : 

Department of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity, Citv of New York, Alay 26, 
1915. 

JosKPH Haag, Esq., Secretary, Board of Estimate and Apportionment, Municipal 
Building, New York : 

Dear Sir — In round numbers, the per diem consumption of water in Greater 
New York amounts to about 550 million gallons. Of this, all but about 50 million 
is supplied by the city, the remainder being suppHed by private water companies, 
eight of them on Long Island and one of them (the South Shore Water Works 
Company), a very small one, on Staten Island. In the estimation of the depart- 
ment, the city should ultimately supply its own water to every part thereof, and 
with this object in view, it should as rapidly as possible acquire useful portions of 
the existing plants of the private water companies in its midst, provided this can 
be done on advantageous terms. Upon investigation, the department has found that 
the city can secure on such terms precisely that portion of the plant of the German- 
American Improvement Company in the Borough of Brooklyn, of which it can 
make immediate use in connection wnth its own adjoining distribution system, and 
accordingly the department has secured from said company an offer to sell said 
portion of its plant to the city, which it herewith submits to the Board of Estimate 
and Apportionment, the Mayor and the Comptroller for approval. 

The German-American Improvement Company was organized as a real estate 
corporation in March, 1891, and on November 1, 1892, filed a map of its property 
in the office of the Register of Kings County. As an incident to its real estate 
enterprise, the company, in 1892, constructed and commenced to operate a water 
plant. It received no public franchise, but distributed its water through private 
streets to the people who took up their residence within the limits of its realty de- 
velopment. 

The company not only laid water mains, but also constructed a sewer system 
and improved the streets with permanent pavement. Having fallen into financial 
difficulties, in 1901, it disposed of practically all of its property except the water 
plant and the lands beneath the surface of the streets. For the past fourteen years 
the company has been engaged exclusively in the water business, and has supplied 
water at city rates to all persons living witb.in the area of its development. Some 
of the avenues have been legally opened throuph this area, and water mains have 
been laid by the city across it, but the city has not engaged in competition with the 
company. The company has maintained a certain number of fire hydrants but has 
never received any compensation for them. The city has established fire hydrants 
on its own mains through the avenues, and in this way has furnished the necessary 
fire protection for the district. The company appears to have rendered good service 
and never to have had any controvcr.sy or dispute with the citv over its water busi- 
ness, except in regard to the supply of Public School No. 149, on Sutter Avenue. 



5483 September 29, 1916. 

For the supply of water to this school, the company lias been paid up to 1911. but 
since thai time the water bills have been in dispute owing to some difficulty in 
regard to the maintenance of the meter and the estimate of consumption. 

The company claims to have expended about $92,000 in cash on its water plant, 
-jt which about $10,000 has been returned to it for taps and connections. 

The department has made an examination and appraisal of the distributing mains. 
They have been found to be in excellent condition, and can, at slight expense, be 
cross-connected with the city's mains so as to be incorporated as an integral part 
of the city's system. 

The property which the department proposes shall be purchased, and to which 
the inclosed offer relates, is as follows: (a) The company's water mains (distribu- 
tion system) ; (b) Its water business and connections, including about 775 active 
taps and 500 additional taps put in in anticipation of the improvement of lots now 
vacant, (c) All its rif,'ht, title and interest in the bed of the streets, including pave- 
ments, sidewalks, curbs, sewers, pipes and all other subsurface, surface or super- 
surface structures within the area bounded on the north by Pitkin Avenue, on the 
east by \ an Sicklen .Avenue, on the south by New Lots Avenue, and on the west by 
Pennsylvania Avenue, all in the 26th Ward of the Borough of Brooklyn. The 
purchase price is to be $45,000. 

The present value of the mains themselves, as appraised by the department's 
engineers, is $21,753.27. exclusive of about 1.900 feet of 6-inch pipe in Pennsylvania 
Avenue which would be of no present value to the city, although it is included in 
the proposed transfer. This valuation is exclusive of the value of pavements over 
mains or the estimated cost to the city of cutting through the pavements in case it 
determined to parallel the company's mains. The estimated cost of pavements over 
mains represents an additional sum of $7,691.50, which would bring the total present 
value of the physical property to be acquired up to $29,444.77. 

Much of the company's property would be of no use to the city, therefore the 
department has not considered its purchase. Included in such property are (a) pump- 
ing plant; (b) land and wells. .All such property is to remain with the company, 
to be disposed of as it may see lit. 

The company has a well-established business. Its gross revenue for the year 
1914 was $17,407.68. of which $15,313.24 was from dcmiestic consumption under meter 
and frontage rates, such rates being the same as those charged by the city. 

The department estimates that were the city to take over this prt)perty the sup- 
plying of city water to the consumers now served by the company, the collection of 
the revenue therefrom and the maintenance of the distribution system acquired would 
be about $8,000 per annum. The gross revenues to the city would be about $16,(XX) 
per annum at the start, and would gradually increase as the territory is built 
up to a maximum of approximately $25.0(X). This is on the assumption that the 
present water rates will be continued and that the portion of the territory affected 
which has not yet been built up will be developed along the same lines as the portion 
already occupied with residences. Inasmuch as the Liv<rtiia Avenue extension of the 
Eastern Parkway subway will go directly across the undeveloped portion of this area 
it is safe to assume that development in the future will be more rapid than in the 
past and that the character of the buildings constructed will be such as to yield, if 
anvthing. a greater proportionate water revenue than the buildings heretofore con- 
structed. 

The citv would thus start off with a net inrrmie from the present l)usiness taken 
over from the company, over and above the extra cost to the citv of furnishing the 
water and conductinff the business, of about $.^.000 per annum. The interest, sinking 
fund charges on $45.000 — the proposed purchase price — and the depreciation in the 
mains, will amount to less than $3,000. The city will, therefore, be able forthwith t«< 
make a dear prf/fit of at least $5.0(X> per annum as a result of the purchase of this 
company's distributing mains and business at the fieure proposed. 

The company offers its property at a bargain price for the reason that the executor 
of the estate which owns the company's stock is desirritis of closing out the business. 
The company's position, without a public franchise, in a district where the streets arr 
gradually being transformed into public streets, surrounded bv the city's system and 
subject to destructive competition at any time, is such that it docs not wi.sh to assume 
the risk of further investments for the replacement and enlargement of its pumping' 
machinerv to meet the grrf^ving demands of the district served. But while it is ad- 
vantageoiis for the company to sell, yet it is also advantageous for the city to buy. 
At .*^45.n(X1. the price agreed upon as the result of negotiations between the c<impany 
and this department, the city would also make an extremely profitable addition to its 
water supply business. 



September 29, 1916. 5484 

The department recommends, therefore, that the company's offer be accepted and 
that the department be authorized to execute on behalf of the city a contract in con- 
formity with the terms of the enclosed offer. It also requested that the necessary 
funds be provided. Respectfully, WILLIAM WILLIAMS, Commissioner. 

This agreement, made and entered into this day of May, 1915, between 

The German American Improvement Company, a domestic corporation with its prin- 
cipal place of business in the Borough of Brooklyn, City of New York, hereinafter 
described as the vendor, and The City of New York, by the Commissioner of Water 
Supply. Gas and Electricity, hereinafter described as The City. 

WITNESSETH : 

That the vendor, in consideration of the sum of forty-five thousand dollars 
($45,000.00) to be fully paid as hereinafter mentioned, agrees to sell, transfer and 
convey unto The City, upon payment of the consideration herein stipulated, all of 
its water mains lying and being within the boundaries of those streets, avenues 
and roads, or proposed streets, avenues and roads, or parts thereof, in the Borough 
of Brooklyn, County of Kings, State and City of New York, shown upon a map 
entitled "Map No. 1^ — Property of The German American Improvement Company in 
the 26th Ward, Brooklyn, Walter M. Meserole, C. E., City Surveyor, dated July 30, 
1892," filed in the office of the Register of the County of Kings on November 1, 
1892, said streets, avenues and roads, or parts thereof being more fully set forth 
as follows : 

Pennsylvania Avenue, from its intersection with the Northwesterly side of New 
Lots Avenue to its intersection with the Northerly side of Belmont Avenue; New 
Jersey Avenue, from its intersection with the Northwesterly side of New Lots 
Avenue to its intersection with the Northerly side of Belmont Avenue; Vermont 
Street, from its intersection with the Northwesterly side of New Lots Avenue to 
its intersection with the Northerly side of Belmont Avenue; Wyona Street, from 
its intersection with the Northwesterly side of New Lots Avenue to its intersection 
with the Northerly side of Belmont Avenue; Bradford Street, from its intersection 
with the Northwesterly side of New Lots Avenue to its intersection with the North- 
erly side of Eastern Parkway (now Pitkin Avenue) ; Miller Avenue, from its inter- 
section with the Northwesterly side of New Lots Avenue to its intersection with 
the Northerly side of Eastern Parkway (now Pitkin Avenue) ; Van Siclen Avenue, 
from its intersection with the Northwesterly side of New Lots Avenue to its inter- 
section with the Northerly side of Eastern Parkway (now Pitkin Avenue) ; Belmont 
Avenue, from its intersection with the Westerly side of Wyona Street to its inter- 
section with the Easterly side of Miller Avenue ; Sutter Avenue, from its intersection 
with the Westerly side of Pennsylvania Avenue to its intersection with the Easterly 
side of Wyona Street ; Sutter Avenue, from its intersection with the Westerly side 
of Miller Avenue to its intersection with the Easterly side of Van Siclen Avenue; 
Livonia Avenue, from its intersection with the Westerly side of Miller Avenue to 
its intersection with the Easterly side of Van Siclen Avenue; Riverdale Avenue, 
from its intersection with the Westerly side of Pennsylvania Avenue to its inter- 
section with the Easterly side of Miller Avenue; New Lots Avenue, from a line 
formed by the Westerly side of Pennsylvania Avenue, projected Southerly across 
New Lots Avenue, to a line formed by the Easterly side of Bradford Street, projected 
Southerly across New Lots Avenue ; also Pennsylvania Avenue as shown upon the 
land map of the City of New York from its intersection with the Northwesterly side 
of New Lots Avenue Southerly to a point or points where the main or mains of 
the vendor enter the property of the vendor, situated on the Easterly side of Penn- 
sylvania Avenue at a point Northerly from the Northeast corner of Stanley Avenue 
and Pennsylvania Avenue; being all of the mains now owned by the vendor in the 
streets, avenues or roads above named, or in any of them, including twenty-three 
thousand eight hundred and fifty (23,850) feet, more or less, of six-inch pipe, and 
three thousand four hundred (3,400) feet, more or less, of eight-inch pipe, together 
with all hydrants, of which there are approximately thirty-seven, and also all valves, 
stop-cocks, water gates, boxes, and all other appurtenances of whatsoever sort used 
or capable of being used in connection with the said mains; it being the intention 
of the vendor to convey to the Citv its distributing system in its entirety and without 
reserve, excepting only the lands and buildings belonging to the vendor and which 
are situated outside of the bed of the above named streets, avenues or roads, or any 
of them. 

The vendor further agrees to convey to The City by proper deed, in fee absolute, 
all of its right, title and interest of, in and to the bed of the following roads, streets 
or avenues, including all pavements, sidewalks, curbs, sewers, pipes, and any or 
all other surface, subsurface or supersurface structures now contained therein or 



5485 Scptcmlicr 29, 1916. 

existing thereon, said roads, avenues and streets, or portions thereof, being shown 
upon tlie map hereinabove described : 

1 — Pennsylvania Avenue: Beginning at a point where the Westerly side of said 
Pennsylvania Avenue projected South, intersects the Southeasterly side of New Lots 
Avenue; running thence Northerly along the Westerly side of Pennsylvania Avenue 
to the Northwesterly corner of said Pennsylvania Avenue and Eastern Parkway 
(now Pitkin Avenue) ; thence Easterly across Pennsylvania Avenue and along the 
Northerly side of Eastern Parkway (now Pitkin Avenue), 100 feet, more or less, 
to the Northeasterly corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and Eastern Parkway (now 
Pitkin Avenue) ; thence Southerly along the Easterly side of Pennsylvania Avenue 
to a point formed by the intersection of said Easterly side of Pennsylvania Avenue, 
projected, and the Southeasterly side of New Lots Avenue; thence Southwesterly 
along the Southeasterly side of New Lots Avenue; to the place of beginning. 

I — New Jersey Avenue: Beginning at a point wliere tlie Westerly side of said 
New Jersey Avenue projected South, intersects the Southeasterly side of New Lots 
Avenue; running thence Nortiicrly along the Westerly side of said New Jersey Ave- 
nue to the Northwesterly corner of said New Jersey Avenue and Eastern Parkway 
(now Pitkin Avenue); thence Easterly across New Jersey Avenue and along the 
Northerly side of Eastern Parkway (now Pitkin Avenue) 50 feet, more or less, to 
the Northeasterly corner of New Jersey_Avenue and Eastern Parkway (now Pitkin 
Avenue) ; thence Southerlv along the iiasterly side of New Jersey .Avenue to a 
point formed by the intersection of said Easterly side of New Jersey Avenue, pro- 
jected, and the Southeasterly side of New Lots .Avenue; thence southwesterly along 
the Southeasterly side of New Lots .Avenue to the place of beginning. 

3 — Vermont Street: Beginning at a point where the westerly side of X'ermont 
Street projected South, intersects the Southeasterly side of New Lots Avenue: run- 
ning thence Nortiierly along the Westerly side of \'ermont Street to the North- 
westerly corner of said \ermont Street and Eastern Parkway (now Pitkin .Avenue) ; 
thence Easterly across Vermont Street anl along the Northerly side of Eastern Park- 
way (now Pitkin .Avenue) 60 feet, more or less, to the Northeasterly corner of 
Vermont Street and Eastern Parkway (now Pitkin Avenue); thence Southerly along 
the Easterly side of \erniont Street to a point formed by the intersection of said 
Easterly side of \ermont Street, projected, and the Southeasterly side of New Lots 
Avenue"; thence Southwesterly along the Southeasterly side of New Lots .Avenue 
to the place of beginning. , •. r •■ x*- 

^ Wyona Street: Beginning at a pnmt where tlie Westerly side of said \V yona 

Street projected South, intersects the Southeasterly side of New Lots .Avenue: run- 
ning thence Northerly along the Westerly side of Wyona Street to the Nortli westerly 
corner of said Wvnna Street and Eastern Parkway (now Pitkin .Avenue); tlience 
Easterly across Wvona Street and along the Northerly side of I ".astern Parkway 
('now Pitkin Avenue), 51 feet 3 inches, more or less, to the Northeasterly corner 
of Wvona Street and Eastern Parkway (now Pitkin Avenue); thence Southerly 
along the Easterly side of Wyona Street to a point formed by the intersection of 
said Easterly side of Wvona Street, projected, and the Southeasterly side of New 
Lots Avenue; thence Southwesterly along the Southeasterly side of New Lots Ave- 
nue to the place of beginning. , wr . , • , r -^ 
5_Rradford Street: Bccinning at a point where the Westerly side of said 
Bradford Street, projected South, intersects the Southeasterly side of New Lots 
Avenue: running thence Northerly along the Westerly side of l'.radford Street to 
the Northwesterly corner of said Bradford Street and Eastern Parkway (now Pitkin 
Avenue)- thence Easterly arros.^ Bradford Street and along the Northerly side of 
Eastern Parkwnv (now Pitkin Avenue) 60 feet, more or less, to the Northea-^terly 
corner of Bradford Street and Eastern Parkwav (now Pitkin Avenue) : thence 
Southerlv along the Easterly side of Bradford Street to a notnf formed bv the 
intersection of said Easterlvside of Bradford Street projected, and the Sontheast- 
erly side of New Lots Avenue; thence Southwesterly along the Southeasterly side 
of 'New Lots Avenue to the place of beginning. ,,.,., .. , .. ,,.,., 
6— Miller Avenue- Beginnmg at a point wnore the Westerly side of ^aid .MiUer 
Avenue! projected South, intersects the Southeasterly side o New Lots Avc- 
me: rmining thence Northerly along the Wester y side of Mil er Avenue to tic 
Northwesterly corner of said Miller Avenue and Eastern Parkway (now 1 itkin 
Avenue)- thence Easterly across Miller Avenue and along the Northerly side of 
Eastern Parkway (now Pitkin Avenue). 50 feet, more or less, tc tie Northeasterly 
corner of Miller .Avenue and Eastern Parkway (now P.tkin Avenue) : thence South- 
eHy nlonl the 1-asterIv side rf Miller Avenue to a point formed bv the '"tersect.on 
of said Fasterlv side of Miller Avenue pro ected. and the Southeasterly- side of 
NevfLots Avenue; thence Southwesterly along the Southeasterly side of New Lots 
Avenue to the place of beginning. 



September 29, 1916. 5486 

7 — Van Siclen Avenue : Beginning at a point where the Westerly side of said 
Van Siclen Avenue, projected South, intersects the Southeasterly side of New Lots 
Avenue; running thence Northerly along the Westerly side ot Van Siclen Avenue 
to the Northwesterly corner of said Van Siclen Avenue and Eastern Parkway (now 
Pitkin Avenue) ; thence Easterly across Van Siclen Avenue and along the Northerly 
side of Eastern Parkway (now' Pitkin Avenue) bO feet, more or less, to the North- 
easterly corner of Van Siclen Avenue and Eastern Parkway (now Pitkin Avenue) ; 
thence Southerly along the Easterly side of Van Siclen Avenue to a point formed 
by the intersection of said Easterly side of Van Siclen Avenue projected, and the 
Southeasterly side of New Lots Avenue; thence Southwesterly along the South- 
easterly side of New Lots Avenue to the place of beginning. 

8 — Eastern Parkway (now Pitkin Avenue) : Beginning at the Northwesterly 
corner of Eastern Parkway (now Pitkin Avenue) and Pennsylvania Avenue, running 
thence Easterly along the Northerly side of Eastern Parkway (now Pitkin Avenue) 
to the Northeast corner of Van Siclen Avenue and Eastern Parkway (now Pitkin 
Avenue) ; thence Southerly across Eastern Parkway (now Pitkin Avenue) to Penn- 
sylvania Avenue and along the Easterly side of Van Siclen Avenue, 80 feet, more or 
less, to the Southeast corner of Eastern Parkway (now Pitkin Avenue) and Van 
Siclen Avenue; thence Westerly along the Southerly side of Eastern Parkway (now 
Pitkin Avenue) to the Southwesterly corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and Eastern 
Parkway (now Pitkin Avenue) ; thence Northerly and across Eastern Parkway (now 
Pitkin Avenue) and along the Westerly side of Pennsylvania Avenue, 80 feet, more 
or less, to the point of beginning. 

9 — Belmont Avenue : Beginning at the Northwest corner of said Belmont Avenue 
and Pennsylvania Avenue; running tlence Easterly along the Northerly side of Bel- 
mont Avenue to the Northeasterly corner of said Belmont Avenue and Van Siclen 
Avenue: thence Southerly across Belmont Avenue along the Easterly side of Van 
Siclen Avenue 60 feet, more or less, to the Southeasterly corner of Belmont Avenue 
and Van Siclen Avenue, thence Westerly along the Southerly side of Belmont Avenue 
to the Southwesterly corner of Belmont Avenue and Pennsylvania Avenue; thence 
Northerly across Belmont Avenue and along the Westerly side of Pennsylvania 
Avenue 60 feet, more or less, to the place of beginning. 

10 — Sutter Avenue: Beginning at the Northwest corner of said Sutter Avenue and 
Pennsylvania Avenue; running thence Easterly along the Northerly side of Sutter 
Avenue to the Northeasterly corner of said Sutter Avenue and Van Siclen Avenue; 
thence Southerly across Sutter Avenue along the Easterly side of Van Siclen Avenue 
70 feet, more or less, to the Southeasterly corner of Sutter Avenue and Van Siclen 
Avenue; thence Westerly along the Southerly side of Sutter Avenue to the Southwest 
corner of Sutter Avenue and Pennsylvania Avenue ; thence Northerly across Sutter 
Avenue and along the Westerly side of Pennsylvania Avenue 70 feet, more or less, 
to the place of beginning. 

11 — Blake Avenue: Beginning at the Northwest corner of said Blake Avenue and 
Pennsylvania Avenue; running thence Easterly along the Northerly side of Blake 
Avenue to the Northeasterly corner of said Blake Avenue and Van Siclen Avenue; 
thence Southerly across Blake Avenue along the Easterly side of Van Siclen Avenue 
70 feet, more or less, to the Southeasterly corner of Blake Avenue and Van Siclen 
Avenue; thence Westerly along the Southerly side of Blake Avenue to the South- 
westerly corner of Blake Avenue and Pennsylvania Avenue; thence Northerly across 
Blake Avenue and along the Westerly side of Pennsylvania Avenue 70 feet, more or 
less, to the place of beginning. 

12 — Dumont Avenue: Beginning at the Northwest corner of said Dumont Avenue 
and Pennsylvania Avenue, running thence Easterly along the Northerly side of Dumont 
Avenue to the Northeasterly corner of said Dumont Avenue and Van Siclen Avenue; 
thence Southerly across Dumont Avenue along the Easterly side of Van Siclen Avenue 
70 feet, more or less, to the Southeasterly corner of Dumont Avenue and Van Siclen 
Avenue, thence Westerly along the Southerly side of Dumont Avenue to the South- 
westerly corner of Dumont Avenue and Pennsylvania Avenue; thence Northerly 
across Dumont Avenue and along the Westerly side of Pennsylvania Avenue 70 feet, 
more or less, to the place of beginning. 

13 — Livonia Avenue : Beginning at the Northwest corner of said Livonia Avenue 
and Pennsylvania Avenue ; running thence Easterly along the Northerly side of Livonia 
Avenue to the Northeasterly corner of said Livonia Avenue and Van Siclen Avenue; 
thence Southerly across Livonia Avenue along the Easterly side of Van Siclen Avenue 
70 feet, more or less, to the Southeasterly corner of Livonia Avenue and Van Siclen 
Avenue; thence Westerly along the Southerly side of Livonia Avenue to the South- 
westerly corner of Livonia Avenue and Pennsylvania Avenue; thence Northerly 



5487 September 29. 1916. 

across Livonia Avenue and along the Westerly side of Pennsylvania Avenue 70 feet, 
more or less, to the place of bejiinning. 

lA — Riverdale Avenue: Beginning at the Northwesterly corner of said Kiverdale 
Avenue and Pennsylvania Avenue, running thence Easterly along the Northerly side 
of Riverdale Avenue to tlic Northwesterly corner of Riverdale Avenue and Van 
Siclen Avenue ;. thence Southerly across Riverdale Avenue and along the Westerly 
side of Van Siclen Avenue, projected, 70 feet, more or less, to the Southerly side of 
Riverdale Avenue, projected; thence Westerly along the Southerly side of Riverdale 
Avenue, projected, and Riverdale Avenue to the Southwesterly corner of Riverdale 
Avenue and Pennsylvania Avenue ; thence Northerly across Riverdale Avenue and 
along the Westerly side of Pennsylvania Avenue, 70 feet, more or less, to the place of 
beginning. 

15 — New Lots Avenue: Beginning at the Northwesterly corner of New Lots 
Avenue and Pennsylvania Avenue, running thence Northeasterly along the North- 
westerly side of New Lots Avenue to the Northeast corner of Van Siclen Avenue ; 
thence Southerly across New Lots Avenue and along the Easterly side of \ an 
Siclen Avenue, projected, to the Southeasterly side of New Lots Avenue; thence 
Southwesterly along the Southeasterly side of New Lots Avenue to a point formed 
by the intersection of the Westerly side of Pennsylvania Avenue, projected with the 
Southeasterly side of New Lots Avenue; thence Northerly along the Westerly side 
of Pennsylvania Avenue, projected, 70 feet, more or less, to the beginning, it being 
the intention of the vendor to convey to The City the bed of all roads, streets, or 
avenues, or portions thereof, as shown upon the above described map and lying or 
being within the area bounded by the Southeasterly side of New Lots Avenue, and 
projections thereof; the' Westerly side of Pennsylvania Avenue and projections 
thereof; the Northerly side of Eastern Parkway (now Pitkin Avenue) and pro- 
jections thereof; and the Easterly side of Van Siclen Avenue and projections there- 
of. 

The vendor further agrees to convey to The City by proper instrument of con- 
veyance, transfer, or assignment, all of its right, title and interest of, in, and to the 
bed of that portion of Pennsylvania Avenue lying between the Southerly side of 
New Lots Avenue and the Northerly side of Stanley Avenue, together with any 
easement or other right of the vendor to construct or maintain a water main or mains 
and any connections therewith or appurtenances thereto in. under or upon said por- 
tion of said avenue. 

The vendor further agrees to convey to The City all of its right, title and interest 
of, in, and to all existing connections with buildings located on land abutting upon 
any or all of said streets, avenues or roads and through which water is or may be 
supplied, together with all right, title and interest of, in or to any pipe, valves, taps, 
cocks and any other api)urtenanccs or connections of whatsoever nature used or 
intended to be used or capable of being used in connection therewith. The number 
of these conenctions is represented to be approximately seven humlrcd and seventy- 
five (775). 

The vendor further agrees to convey to The City all of its right, title and interest 
of, in or to the taps and services lying and being in the bed of any of said streets, 
avenues or roads, or in any lot. plot or parcel of land abutting upon any of said 
streets, avenues or roads, to which no connections with any buihlings have been made 
or do now exist; it being the intention hereby to provide for the conveyance of such 
taps, connections and all appurtenances thereto as were made, and services as were 
laid, to points S'/j feet, more or less, inside of the curb line in front of each 20-ft. lot. 
more or less, at the time the mains were installed in or about 1892. and it having 
been represented by the vendor to The City that there were 500, more or less, of 
these taps and services made and laid. 

The vendor further agrees to convey to The City by whatever instrument of 
transfer or assignment may be deemed appropriate, by the Corporation Counsel of 
The City, all of its business now being done or all business capable of being done 
through any of the above describt-d mains. In furtherance of this purpose it agrees 
to assign to The Citv all of its existing contracts for the furnishing of water to con- 
sumers, together with the right to collect anv or all rents or charges which shall 
be due and payable at the time of passing of title hereunder, or which may there- 
after become due. 

The vendor further agrees to pay or allow to The City a proportionate part of 
any advance pavments which shall have been received from consumers prior to 
the date upon which The City shall acquire title to the property and business which 
are the subject of this agreement, for water to be furnished to said consumers by 
The City for the balance of the period covered by such advance payments. The 
amount so payable or allowable -li dl 1..- d<.!mtr<l l.v TIk- Citv from the purchase 



September 29, 1916. 5488 

price above mentioned and shall be ascertained from an inspection by The City or 
its authorized representatives of all books and contracts of said vendor relating 
thereto and from the reading of the water meters of the said vendor to be taken in 
the presence of a representative of The City at such time or times as may be mutually 
agreed upon by the parties hereto. 

The vendor further agrees that in consideration of the agreements herein con- 
tained and of other good and valuable considerations, it will forever cease and dis- 
continue the business or any portion of the business of furnisliing water to any 
consumer or consumers witliin the territory comprised within The City of New 
York, from the date upon which The City shall take title to the property and busi- 
ness which are the subject of this agreement. 

The City, by the Commissioner of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity, hereby 
agrees, subject, however, to the separate written consent and approval of both the 
Mayor and the Comptroller of The City of New York, and to the assent of the 
Board of Estimate and Apportionment to the proposed contract in all its details, 
to purchase the above described property and business for the sum of forty-five 
thousand dollars ($45,000.00) above mentioned, and to pay the said amount in a 
warrant or warrants of the Comptroller of The City of New York at the time of 
the delivery of the deed or deeds and any otiicr instrument or instruments necessary 
to transfer the legal title of the property and business which are the subject of this 
agreement, less the amount if any, payable to the said City for its proportionate 
share of the water rents which shall have been paid by consumers in advance as 
aforesaid, and less also the amount of unpaid taxes or assessments or any other 
debts, if any, due and payable by the vendor to The City and less also the amount 
of any lien or liens or other charge or charges which are or may be or become a 
valid and legal incumbrance against the above-described property and business or 
any part thereof. 

The City further agrees to use its best endeavors to collect all unpaid bills and 
water rents for water service supplied by and due to said vendor prior to the date 
when The City shall have acquired title to the hereinbefore described property and 
business and to pay over the sum or sums so collected to the vendor as soon there- 
after as may be practicable. 

The vendor further agrees, in consideration of the purchase price herein named 
and other good and valuable considerations, that it will continue its business of fur- 
nishing water to consumers without interruption to and through a day fifteen (15) 
days sul)sequent to the date of the assent of the Board of Estimate and Apportion- 
ment to tliis agreement in all of its details and the written consent and approval of 
the Mayor and of the Comptroller of The City of New York, and for such further 
period thereafter as may be necessary to enable The City to make proper provision 
for connecting the above described distributing system to its own mains and to 
operate the said system through its own agencies, and The City agrees to assume 
charge of the furnishing of water through the above described system of the vendor 
at the time herein mentioned and to pay to the vendee as rental for the use thereof 
interest at the rate of six (6) per cent, per annum upon the purchase price of 
Forty-five thousand Dollars ($45,000.00) herein stipulated from the date of taking 
possession to the date of final passing of title hereunder. 

It is mutually agreed that the passing of title to the property and business which 
are the subject of this agreement shall take place upon the date upon which The 
City shall take possession of tlie distribution system of the vendor as provided in the 
next preceding paragraph, provided, however, that the amounts of money sufficient 
to pay tiie sums provided liereinunder to be paid by The City to the vendor shall 
have at that time been raised by the issuance of corporate stock of The City of 
New York in accordance with the provisions of sections 178 and 169 of the Greater 
New York Charter. And the vendor further agrees that it will consent to any 
adjournment of the date of closing title which may be necessary for The City to 
provide the funds in accordance with the sections of the Greater New York Charter 
above referred to. 

It is further mutually agreed that this agreement shall not be valid nor bindmg 
against The City in any way unless and until there shall be attached thereto the 
separate written consent and approval of both the Mayor and the Comptroller of 
The City of New York and the assent of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment 
to this agreement in all its details. 

In witness whereof, the Commissioner of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity has 
hereunto set his hand and seal for and on behalf of The City of New York, subject, 
however, to the limitations above mentioned, and the President of The German 
American Improvement Company has set his hand and has caused the corporate 



5489 September 29, 1910. 

seal of Tlie German American Improvement Company to be affixed hereto the date 
and year herein first above written, and the Commissioner of Water Supply, Gas 
and Electricity and the President of The German American Improvement Company 
have executed this agreement in quadruplicate, one part of whicli is to remain with 
the vendor, one with the Commissioner of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity, one 
with the Comptroiier of The City of New York and one with the Corporation 
Counsel of The City of Xew York. 

THE GERMAN AMERICAN IMPROVEMENT COMPANY, by Henry 
DosciiER. President. 

(Seal.) 

Commissioner of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity of 

The City of New York. 

State 01 New York, County of Kings, ss. : 

On this tth day of May, 1915, before me personally came Henry Doscher, to 
me known and known to me to be the president of the German American ImiJrovenunt 
Company, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say as follows : That he 
resides in the Borough of Manliattan, City of New York; that he is the president 
of the German American Improvement Company; tliat the German American Im- 
provement Company is the corporation described in and which executed the foregoing 
instrument; that he knows the corporate seal of said corporation; that the seal affixed 
to such instrument is such corporate seal ; that it was so affixed by order of the board 
of directors of the said corporation, and that by like order he thereunto signed his 
name and official desisjuation. 

ALP.EkT H. MURCKEN, Notary Public, Kings County, No. \2 
State of New York, County of New York. ss. : 

On this day of May, 1915, before me personally came William Williams, 

to me known and known to me to be the Commissioner of Water Supply, Gas and 
Electricity of The City of New York, the person described as such in and who as 
such executed the foregoing instrument, and he acknowledged to me that he executed 
the same as such Commissioner Ct^r the purposes therein mentioned. 



In pursuance of section 471 of the Greater New York Charter. I do hereliy giM; 
my consent to and approval of the foregoing agreement in all its details with the 
German American Improvement Company for the purchase of its property and 
business as therein descril)ed. lying, located or conducted within tlie boundaries of 
The City of New York as at present constituted, and all rights, title and interest 
in and to the same of every nature whatsoever. 

Dated New York. May , 1915. 

Mayor nf The L ity ot New \ ork. 

in pursuance of section 471 of the Greater New York Charter. I do hereby give 
my consent to and approval of the foregoing agreement in all its details with the 
German .American Improvement Comi)any for tiie purchase of its property and l)usi- 
ness as therein de.scril)ed, lying, located or conducted witiiin the boundaries of The 
City of New York, as at present constituted, and all rights, title and interest in 
and to the same of every nature whatsoever. 

Dated New York, May . 1915. . x. ^. . 
Comptroller of The City of New \ ork. 

Approved as to form. . 

. . Corporation Counsel. 

, , Tune 15. 1916. 

To the Board of Estimate and Apportioumcnt : ' , „ . ^ 

Gentlemen— (')n June 4. 1915, you referred to the Corporate Stock Mudget Com- 
mittee a communication dated Mav Id, 1915. from the Commissioner of Water Supply. 
Gas and Electricity, submitting for approval a proposed agreement with the German- 
American Imi)r-)vement Comi)anv for the .sale, to the Clity. of ccrtam water pipes 
and appurtenances laid l)v that company in the Borough of Brooklyn, and requesting 
an appropriation of $45.0(X). to provide for such purchase. , • , 

I'rom the Commissioner's communication and several reports made to him by 
his engineering bureau, it appears that the German- American Improvement Company, 
a real estate corix.ration. has. since 1892. without aiiv special franchise, operated a 
pumping plant and water mains in the 26th Ward. Borough of Brooklyn, and dis- 
tributed water to residents in the territory bounded approximately h.v Pennsylvania. 
Belmont Wvona. Pitkin. \an Sicklen and New Lots avenues, at the s.ime rates as 
charged by the Citv. The source of supply is a system of driven wells adjacent to 
the Company's pun'iping plant on Pennsylvania avenue near Stanley .ivenue. 

In 1901 the Company disposed of practically all its property excepting the pump- 
ing plant distribution svstem and certain lands used for street purposes and since 



September 29, 1916. 5490 

that date has been exclusively engaged in supplying water. Its distribution system 
consists of approximately 25,750 feet of six-inch water mains laid in 1892. In 1908 
an additional eight-inch main was laid from the pumping station along Pennsyl- 
vania and New Lots avenues, for approximately 3,400 feet. These mains are laid 
in the roadway, except on Pennsylvania avenue, where they run under the sidewalk. 
The system includes 37 N. Y. No. 3 hydrants, 35 6-inch valves and services in front 
of each 20 foot lot, except on Pennsylvania avenue, south of New Lots avenue, where 
there are no services, as the mains are laid in a right-of-way outside of the Com- 
pany's territory. In certain avenues which have been legally opened, within this 
territory, the City has laid mains and installed additional hydrants for fire protection 
purposes but has not supplied water to resident consumers. 

The Commissioner states that the property it is proposed to acquire for the sum 
of $45,000. comprises : 

(a) The Company's mains (distribution systems). 

(b) Its water business and connections. 

(c) Its right, title and interest in certain streets. 

(a) The present value of the Company's distribution system has been com- 
puted by the Commissioner's engineers on the basis of present cost of reproduc- 
tion less depreciation during the period the several pipes and appurtenances have 
been installed. These computations ha,ve been checked by the engineers of this 
Bureau and the present appraised value of the system may be stated as follows: 

Reproduction Total Present 
Cost New. Depreciation. Value. 

23,850 linear feet 6-inch pipe at 75c $17,887 50 $5,485 50 $12,402 00 

3,400 linear feet 8-inch, at $1.00 3,400 00 317 ii 3,082 67 

35 6-inch valves at $16 560 00 257 60 302 40 

2,7 hydrants at $25 925 00 300 62 624 38 

35 valve boxes at $4.10..... 143 50 33 00 110 50 

500 ^-inch taps and service connections 

at $8 4,000 00 4,000 00 

$26,916 00 $6,394 05 $20,521 95 
Engineering and interest during construction, at 6 per cent 1,231 32 

$21,753 27 

About 1,900 feet of 6-inch pipe laid in Pennsylvania Avenue, between New Lots 
Avenue and the pumping station is not included in the preceding estimate as in case 
of acquisition by the City this main will be cut out of service and hence of no value 
to the City. 

The estimated cost of pavements over mains represents an additional appraised 
value of $7,691.50. 

The agreement submitted by the Water Commissioner proposes to convey to the 
City all the distribution lines in all the streets within the area mentioned. 

It also agrees to convey to the City by deed in fee absolute all of its rights, 
title and interest in and to the bed of the streets. It gives a description of the streets 
by metes and bounds. 

The agreement also proposes to convey to the City by whatever instrument may 
be necessary all its business within the above described neighborhood. 

The distribution system as it exists can be taken over and incorporated into the 
distribution system of the City, and the City water made available for consumers 
by the expenditure of about $4,000 for connections to the mains. 

The hydrant service as it exists is insufficient to furnish adequate fire protection 
to the neighborhood, and there should be perhaps fifty more hydrants set in the 
streets in question at a cost of $4,000. In order to furnish sufficient water for the 
additional hydrants there should be some supplementary 12-inch mains laid in the 
east and west streets which will cost $2,500. 

The further proposal to transfer the business of the corporation to the City means 
that the City under this agreement will pay $15,555.23 for the going-concern value of 
the company. 

We recommend that the Water Commissioner be given authority to purchase this 
property for $45,000, on conditions that will permit of the City taking over the prop- 
erty and improving and maintaining the same without further payment to the Ger- 
man-American Improvement Company. Respectfully, 

ALEX. BROUGH. Deputy and Acting Comptroller ; 

President, Board of Aldermen; LEWIS H. POUNDS, President, Borough of 
Brooklyn ; , President, Borough of The Bronx ; Cor- 
porate Stock Budget Committee. 



5491 September 29, 1916. 

I cannot concur in the rccommendatiun of the foregoing report. In the first 
place, the rf-port is in no sense a report on ihe merits of the application, but a svnopsis 
of the conimun:..aucn of the Commissioner of Water Supply, (ja^ and Electricity, 
apparently with a slighi effort at a checking up of hgi.res, and it contains at least 
one error. The estunaied cost of pavements ever mains is not $7,691.50, as stated, 

Assuming, however, the correctness of the figures except in this one case, the 
proposition is not one which commends itself to my business judgment. The only 
colorable argument advanced in favor of the purchase ic that the City will derive 
a profit of about .18 or 21 per centum per annum upon its investmen:. I think this 
is fallacious anc' that it mij^ht as well be stated that the property is worth J90.0UO, 
because upon thai ii\estmcnt the City could obtain a return of 9 per centum per 
annum, v.liich would be a very fair one for an enterprise of this kind. Profit is 
only One basis for the establishment of a value. 

The cost of a subslitulion of a plant is, I think, a much better test. It is pro- 
posed to pay in this case $45,000, based upon the following ligures : 

Actual value of pipes, etc., on the ground $21,753 27 

Estimated cost of replacing pavements over mains iO,421 50 

Business value of the going concern 12,825 23 

Total $45,000 00 

In order to complete the plant according to the foregoing report, there 

would be required for connections 4,000 00 

In addition, the hydrant service is insufficient, and to furnish adequat'.: 

lire protection there would be an additional cost of alK)ut 4,000 00 

In order to furnish sutificient water for the additional hydrants, there 

should be some supplementary 12-inch mains laid at a cost of 2,500 00 

This will make the total cost to the City of the plant when 
brought to reasonable operating perfection $55,500 00 

It has been stated at discussions of this matter that the entire installation ac- 
cording to approved Water Department plans, of the water system in this district, 
would cost $60,000, or but $4,50^.) more disbursement than is proposed, while the 
value of so much of an entirely new system as represents a duplication of the exist- 
ing mains and appurtenances, would l)c just the di (Terence in value between the exist- 
ing mains and appurtenances and new ones, which is because of the greater length 
of life and greater appropriateness in the new system, as compared with the depre- 
ciated and old type existing system. It may be noted in passing that the City has 
already laid 1,813 feet of pipe paralleling tliat which it is proposed to purchase in 
Sutter Avenue, between Penn.sylvania Avenue and Wyona Avenue, at a cost of 
$1,809.20, so that the purchase of the company's adjacent pipe in this avenue at any 
price cannot well lie justified. It is to be assumed, of course, that this nearly 
$2,000 would be credited on the $60,000 for a new plant, leaving alwut $58,000 for the 
new installation of a modern system, as against $55,500 for this older, depreciated, 
system, or a difference of but $2,500. 

I am mindful of the fact that the City should not exercise its right to lay 
competing lines, as a matter of business fairness, where water companies already 
have lines of water pipe in use which can be purchased at a fair price, under all the 
circumstances. I do not think that situation exists here. In the first place, these 
water pipes were laid as a part of a real estate develoi)ment. and presumably, the 
owners through the sale of the property, which would otherwise probably have been 
unsalable, acquired a return of their investment in the water pipes. 

Moreover, for some twenty years or more past, without a franchise of any kind 
entitling them to engage in the business of selling water, the company has been de- 
riving a substantial income from the sale of water. This income is made one of the 
bases for the value claimed. It is to be noted, however, that while the company 
claims to serve a verv considerable area, it ai)pears from the report in this matter, 
of the Deputy Commissioner of Water Supply. Gas and Electricity, that at least 
from the years 1907 to 1914. inclusive, about 10 per centum of its total income, or 
from $1,474 to $2,049 per vear has been or will be derived from the charges against 
Public School No. 149. lying in the territory, but now served from the City main 
which I have mentioned as King in Sutter .Avenue. 

It would be perfectlv fair to pay the company the actual value of the pipes and 
appurtenances. It is perhaps debateable as to whether there should be added to that 
amount the value of pavements. Equitably, it is not, for the pipes were all laid 
before the pavements were, and the cost of paving was no part of the cost of instal- 
lation of pipes, yet legally. I think the cost of pavement removal and replacement is 
a legitimate element of the present day value of the mains. 



September 29, 1916. 5492 

To pay, however, anything for the going value of a concern doing business ille- 
gally, liable to be stopped at any time upon the suit of the Attorney General, liable 
at any time to suffer tnc competition of City construction, is something that business 
mvestors would not consider, and I do not thing that the City should do more. It 
IS the business of the City to be just; it is not its business to be generous. My own 
conviction is that this plant could be procured for much less than it is proposed to 
pay for it, and in this connection, I note that the asking price of the vendor company 
was $50,1100, later reduced to $45,000, while no counter proposition was made ou 
behalf of the City. 

There is no added consideration for the purchase price proposed in the con- 
veyance of the various streets. They are all subject to easements and of nominal 
value, and if any expense were incurred in their acquirement, that expense would 
be assessed back upon the neighborhood locally benehied, and not be a general City 
charge. Incidentally, 1 am informed that three of the streets in which land is to 
be conveyed, New Jersey and Miller Avenues and Wyona Street, as shown on the 
company's map, do not coincide with the City map. 1 think the city has no legal 
authority to acquire land for streets except as shown on the City map, which should 
be changed before the action proposed is taken. 

DOUGLAS AIATllEVVSON, President of the Borough of the Bronx. 

Dated September 29, 1916. 

Delos F. Willcox, representing the Department of Water Supply, Gas and Elec- 
tricity, appeared in support of the request. 

The following resolution was offered : 

Resolved, That the vBoard of Estimate and Apportionment hereby authorizes the 
Commissioner of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity to purchase from the German 
American Improvement Company at a cost not exceeding forty-tive thousand dollars 
($45,000) the water distribution system of said company, located in the 26th Ward 
of the Borough of Brooklyn, including water main connections, hydrants and other 
appurtenances and all the rights, title and interest of said company in certain streets 
in the 26th Ward of the Borough of Brooklyn, as set forth in a proposed agreement 
submitted to the Board of Estimate and Apportionment under date of May 26, 1915, 
by the Commissioner of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity. 

Which was atloptcd by the following vote: 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, Queens and Richmond — 15. 

Negative — The President of the Borough of The Bronx — 1. 

The following resolution was offered : 

Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, pursuant to the pro- 
visions of section 178 of the Greater New York Charter, as amended, hereby ap- 
proves of the issue of corporate stock of The City of New York to an amount not 
exceeding forty-five thousand dollars (,$45,000) to provide means for the purchase 
of the water distribution system of the German American Improvement Company, 
located in the 26th Ward of the Borough of Brooklyn, in connection with improving 
the water supply system of said borough, and that the Comptroller be and is hereby 
authorized to issue said corporate stock of The City of New York in the manner 
provided by section 169 of the Greater New York Charter, the proceeds thereof to 
the amount of the par value of the stock to be applied to the purposes aforesaid. 

Which was adopted by the following vote : 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, Queens and Richmond — 15. 

Negative — The President of the Borough of The Bronx — 1. 



President, Borough of The Bronx — Retirement of David O'Shea, Transitman 

(Cal. No. 124). 

(On June ."^0, 1916 (Cal. No. 107), the request in this matter was referred to the 
Committee on Salaries and Grades.) 

(On Septemlier 15, 1916 (Cal. No. 35), the report of the Committee on Salaries 
and Grades was presented and matter laid over until September 22, 1916; on the 
latter date (Cal. No. 56) it was laid over until this meeting.) 

The Secretary presented a communication dated June 22, 1916, frorn the Acting 
President of the Borough of The Bronx requesting retirement of David O'Shea, a 
Transitman ; and the following report of the Committee on Salaries and Grades rec- 
ommending approval thereof : 



5493 Scptc-ml)cr 29. 1916. 

August 30, 1916. 
To the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, The City of New York: 

Gentlemen— At a meeting of your board held June 30, 19l6, there was submitted 
a communication from the Acting President of the Borough of The Bronx dated 
June 22, IVlo, recommtiulnig the retirement of David U'Shea, a Transiiman in the 
Bureau of Higlnvays, President of the Borougli of The Bronx. 
The Acting President's communication was as follows : 

"Pursuant to the provisions of section 165 of the Greater New York Charter, 
I hereby recommend the retirement from active service of David O'Shea, a 
Transitman in this office. 

".Mr. O'Shea is fifty-nine years of age, and has been in the employ of the 
City of New York for upwards of thirty years, as specifically set forth below : 

Years. Months. 

February 10, 1885 to August 27, 1891, Croton Aqueduct 6 7 

August 28. 1891 to March 3, 1892, Department of Decks . . 6 

May 19, 1893 to December 31, 1897, Commissioner. Street Im- 

provemenl s 4 7 

January 1, 1898 to December 31, 1901, Commissioner of High- 
ways 4 

January 1, 1902 to date, President, Borough of The Bronx.. 14 5 

30 1 

"1 believe Mr. O'Shea is physically incapacitated for the further performance 

of the duties of his position and that his retirement will be in the interest of the 

public service." 

On August 8, 1916, Mr. O'Shea was examined by the Board of Medical Examiners. 
The report of the said board is attached hereto and states n conclusion: 

"In our opinion applicant is permanently unlit for the duties of his position 

and we therefore suggest that you recommend his retirement." 

Mr. O'Shea's original appointment and subsequent changes in title and rate of com- 
pensation were as follows : 

February 10. 1885 — .-Vppointcd as Laborer, Aqueduct Commission, at $2 per day. 

.•\pril 1, 1885 — Title changed to Chainman, at $60 per month. 

May 9, 1887 — Title changed to Rodman, at $75 per month. 

September 14, 1887 — Title changed to Leveler, at $1C0 per month. 

September 1, 1891 — Transferred to Department of Docks, as Leveler, at $85 per 
month. 

March 3. 1892 — Services ceased. 

May 19, 1893 — .Appointed as Laborer, Department of Street Improvement, 23d 
and 24t'h Wards, at $2 per day. 

March 16, 1894 — Title changed Ic Rodman, at $60 per month. 

April 1, 1895 — Compensation changcJ to $900 per annum. 

June 1. 1896 — Compensation clianged to $9f)0 per annum. 

April 1, 1897 — Compensation changed to $1,020 per annum. 

December 1, 1897 — Compensation changed to $1,200 per annum. 

January 1. 1898— Compen.sation changed to $l.aSO per annum. 

January 1, 1899 — Compensation changed to $1,200 per annum. 

October 1. 1901— Title chnng«.d to Leveler. at $1,320 per anrum. 

May 1, 1902— Compensation changed to $1,350 per annum. 

.April 1. 1904— Title changed to Transitman. at $1..>0() per annum. 

September 1. 1906— Compensation fixed at $1,650 per annum. 

An examination of the payrolls and time sheets has been made suflficicnt to es- 
tablish over thirt y years of service as follows: 

Years. Months. Days. 



1885, April 1 to December 31 •• ^1 

1886 to 1891. inclusive '' ■• ■■ 

1892, Tanuarv 1 to March 3 r ,^ 

1893, Mav 19 to December 31 7 10 

1894, January 1 to December 31 1 ' 

1895 to 1915, inclusive -' •• 

1916. January 1 to July 31 11 _ _1 

27 38 13 



SeptciTil)cr 29, 1916. 5494 

— aggregating a total service of more than 30 years, 2 months. 

In an affidavit dated July 18, 1916, submitted herewith, Mr. O'Shea stated that 
he had never tiled a claim nor brought suit against the City of New York for the 
payment of salary or wages or for any other claim. 

A search of the records in the Law Department discloses no evidence of any 
action brought by deponent. 

An examination of the Register of Claims in the Division of Law and Adjustment 
of the Department of Finance for the past six years shows that he has filed no claim 
during that period. 

For the period from August 1, 1913, to July 31, 1916, Mr. O'Shca's compensation 
as provided for in the budget was $1,650 a year. 

His actual compensation during the same period was : 

August 1 to December 31. 1913, 5 months, at $1,650 per annum $687 50 

January 1 to December 31, 1914, 9 months, 60^ days, at $1,650 per 

annum *1,508 81 

January 1 to December 31, 1915, 7 months, 11 days, at $1,650 per 

annum *1.308 47 

January 1 to July 31, 1916, 4 months, 46 days, at $1,650 per annum *758 62 

$4,263 40 
— an average annual sum of $1,421.13. 

We recommend the adoption of the accompanying resolution retiring David 
O'Shea from active service and awarding and granting him an annuity of $825, l)eing 
equal to 50 per centum of his average annual compensation for the past tliree vears. 

Respectfullv sulimitted, WM. A. PRENDERGAST, Comptroller; JOHN PUR- 
ROY MITCHEL, Mayor; E. W. VOORHIES, Acting President, Borough of Brook- 
lyn, Committee on Salaries and Grades. 

The following was offered : 

Whereas, David O'Shea, employed as a Transitman in the Bureau of Highways, 
Borough of The Bronx, has been in the employ of The City of New York or of one 
of the municipalities, counties or parts thereof which have been incorporated into 
The City of New York, for a period of thirty years and upward, and is physically 
incapacitated for the further performance of the duties of his position; therefore be it 

Resolved, That the interest of the public service requires his retirement, and 
that the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, pursuant to the provisions of sections 
165, 166 and 167 of the Greater New York Charter, as amended by chapter 669 of 
the Laws of 1911 and chapter 479 of the Laws of 1912, hereby does retire from 
active service David O'Shea, employed as a Transitman in the Bureau of Highways, 
Borough of The Bronx, and hereby awards and grants to said David O'Shea an 
annual sum or annuity of eight hundred and twenty-five dollars ($825), being fifty 
per centum of liis average annual rate of compensation for the three years immediately 
preceding the taking effect of this resolution; this resolution to take effect upon the 
first day of the month following its adoption, subject to the execution by the annuit- 
ant of a general release; and be it further 

Resolved, That the Comptroller of The City of New York be and he is hereby 
directed to pay said annuity to said David O'Shea during his lifetime in equal 
monthly installments out of the receipts of excise moneys or liquor taxes belongng to 
The City of New York. 

Which was adnptofl by the following vote : 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 

Attorney General, State of New York — Approval of Agreement Relative to 
Barge Canal Terminal at East 138th Street and the Harlem River, Borough 
of The Bronx (Cal. No. 125). 

The Secretary i)resented a communication, dated July 24, 1916, from the Deputy 
and Acting Comptroller, transmitting for the approval of the Board proposed form of 
agreement between the City and the State affecting the Barge Canal Terminal at 
East 138th street and the Harlem River, Borough of The Bronx, together with copies 
of resolutions submitted bv the Attorney General for adoption providing for the ap- 
proval and execution of said agreement and deed. 

The Secretary also presented a communication dated July 26, 1916, from the 
Bronx Board of Trade, approving site selected for the Barge Canal Terminal and 

♦Worked on y\ time from October 1, 1914, to July 31, 1916, on account of lack 
of appropriation. 



5495 September 29, 1916. 

requesting the Board to approve the agreement ; and a communication dated September 
18, 1916, from the State Engineer and Surveyor, stating that the amount provided 
by the Barge Canal Terminal Act for the acquisition of lands and the construction 
of terminals, is limited, and may easily be expended in the construction of terminals on 
lands already appropriated. He further states that if the funds become exhausted 
before the Bronx Terminal is constructed, it is assumed that it will be impossible to 
construct a terminal at that point even though the State might be held to be liable 
for the land already appropriated, and for this reason urges an early conclusion 
with regard to this Terminal, as the work of constructing the terminals cannot be 
delayed. 

(On July 27, 1916 (Cal. No. 335), the matter was laid over until September 
15, 1916, and on the latter date (Cal. No. 230), it was laid over until this meeting.) 

The matter was laid over for two weeks (October 13, 1916). 



Department of Correction — Transfer of Appropriation and .Approval of Con- 
tract, Plans, Specifications, btc. (Cal. .No. 126). 
(On September Zl, 1916 (Cal. No. 14), the report of the Comptroller was pre- 
sented and the matter laid over until this meeting.) 

The Secretary presented a communication dated September 8, 1916, from the 
Commissioner of Correction, requesting a transfer of funds within the aijpropnaliun 
for 1916; and the following report of the Comptroller relative thereto: 

September 19, 1916. 
To the Board of Estimate and Apportionment: 

Gentlemen — On September 8, 1916, the Commissioner of Correction requested 
the sum of $1,761 be transferred from Code "2668, General Plant Materials," to 
be made available as an additional amount needed for the reconstruction of pier 
at the foot of Fordham street. City Island, Borough of The Bronx. 

The Bureau of Contract Supervision, to which the request was referred on 
September 12, 1916, reports thereon as follows : 

"On April 3, 1916, your Board authorized an appropriation of $6,075, pur- 
suant to section 109 of the Charter, for the reconstruction of this pier. 
"Bids w^ere received for the work on August 22, 1916, as follows : 

A. M. Hazell 57.836 00 

Riverside Construction Company 8,8__ 00 

Phoenix Construction Co 8,<)/9 00 

William Gogolz l^-5-*0 00 

"The Bureau of Contract Supervision is of the opinion that, in view of the 
high cost of materials and labor, the amount of the low bid is not excessive, 
and that a lower bid would not result, if the contract were readvertiscd. 

"There is a suflficiciit unencumbered balance in 'Code 2668, Materials, Gen- 
eral Plant Materials," to warrant the transfer. 

"It appears that the contract was inadvertently advertised for letting, with- 
out approval of the form of contract, plans, specifications and estimate of cost 

by your Board. . , , i i i 

"Subsequent examination of the contract and plans has been made by an 
Engineer of the Bureau of Contract Supervision, and the same have been found 

satisfactorv. ' . . , i • i -n 

I recommJnd the adoption of the attached resolutions, one of which will approve 
the form of contract, plans, specifications and estimate of cost, and the other, which 

"'" &"p"cc.'Mir"" '" "" "■■■■"'"«■« A. PKRNDERGAST. Con,p,rollcr. 

The following resolutirm was offered : 

Resolved That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, pursuant to the pro- 
visions of section 237 of the Greater New York Charter, hereby approves of the 
transfer of funds appropriated to the Department of Correction for the year 1916. 
as follows : 

FROM 
Materials. «i -/^l nn 

2668 General Plant Materials >^''^'^ ^ 

TO 

Contract or Open Order Service. 

2669 General Repairs :••;■,;••. : ^ ' 

Which was adopted by the following vote: ^ ., , , „ i r mi 

\fTirmative-The Mayor, the Comptroller the President of the Board of Alder- 
men the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn. The Bronx, Queens and Richmond-16 



September 29, 1916. 5496 

The following resolution was offered : 

Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment hereby approves the 
form of contract, plans, specifications and estimate of cost in the sum of seven thou- 
sand eight hundred and thirty-six dollars ($7,836) for the repair (reconstruction) 
of the pier at the foot of Fordham street. City Island, Borough of The Bronx, under 
the jurisdiction of the Department of Correction, the cost to be charged, to the extent 
of six thousand and seventy-hve dollars ($6,075), to the corporate stock fund entitled 
"CDC-18, Department of Correction, Extension of Pier at Foot of Fordham Street, 
City Island," and to the extent of seventeen hundred and sixty-one dollars ($1,761) 
to the tax levy fund "2669, Contract or Open Order Service, General Repairs." 

Which was adopted by the following vote : 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 



Public Service Commission for the First District — Rescission and Reauthoriza= 
tion of Corporate Stock in Connection with Construction of Railroad Stations 
on the Brooklyn=Manhattan Rapid Transit Railroad (Cal. No. 127). 

(On September 22, 1916 (Cal. No. 20), the report of tlie Comptroller was presented 
and the matter laid over until this meeting, under Rule 19, and the Secretary was 
directed to call the attention of the Public Service Commission for the First District 
to the congested traffic condition at Fulton Street, as set forth in a communication 
dated September 22, 1916, from the President of the Borough of Manhattan, presented 
at said meeting.) 

The Secretary presented the following requisitions and communications of the 
Public Service Commission for the First District; and report of the Comptroller 
relative thereto : 

State of New York, Public Service Commission for the First District, No. 120 
Broadway, New York, February 10, 1916. 
To the Board of Estimate and Apportionment of The City of New York: 

The Public Service Commission for the First District on June 25, 1915, made 
requisition upon your honorable Board for the sum of $11,000 to cover the cost of 
construction of an additional stairway to the Fulton Street Station of the Manhattan- 
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Railroad in Maiden Lane in front of the premises at the 
northeast corner of Broadway and Maiden Lane, Manhattan, and on July 29, 1915, 
your Honorable Board disapproved the request of the Commission upon the report of 
the Comptroller, The Comptroller in his report recommending the disapproval of the 
appropriation states as follows : 

"On the beginning of operation under the Dual Agreement on January 1, 
1917, this station will be relieved of its present west side traffic through the open- 
ing of the new 7th Avenue line passing through' William Street, with station 
entrances at John Street, Fulton Street and near Ann Street, serving this particular 
section. It will also be relieved of the present Lenox Avenue traffic, as this will 
be diverted to the new 7th Avenue subway, which will connect at 96th Street 
with the Lenox Avenue branch. The complete third tracking of the 2d and 3d 
Avenue elevated lines, enabling a quicker transit to The Bronx, will further serve 
to relieve conditions at this station." 

The need of this additional stairway is very great, the present stairways to the 
uptown platform at Fulton and John streets being very much overtaxed. The present 
entrances on John Street are very narrow and the congestion there has been a source 
of much complaint to the Commission. The proposed entrance would not only tend 
to relieve the congestion at John Street, but would also serve as a direct communication 
to and from the station for people in or south of Maiden Lane. The Commission 
is of the opinion that the new lines will only serve slightly to reduce the present 
congestion at John Street and that the proposed stairway will be required even after 
the new lines are constructed and that the additional cost to the operating company 
is fully warranted under the circumstances. 

On June 13, 1912, your hotiorable l>oard upon requisition of the Commission made 
an appropriation of $8,000 to cover the cost, of construction of an additional stair- 
way on John Street. For various reasons this stairway has never been constructed, and 
it is quite possible that it will not be needed if the Maiden Lane stairway is constructed. 
The (Zommission therefore renews its application to your Honorable Board for 
an appropriation of $11,000 to provide for tlie construction of the additional stairway 
to the Fulton Street Station of the Manhattan-Brooklyn Rapid Transit Railroad at 
the northeast corner of Maiden Lane and Broadway. 

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION FOR THE FIRST DISTRICT, by Oscar 
S. Str.aus, Chairman. 
(Seah) 
Attest: Travis H. Whitney, Secretary. 



5497 Septcmljcr 29, 1916. 

State of New York, PuIjIic Service Loninussion lur the First District, No. 120 
Broadway, New York, July 14, 1910. 
Tu the Board of Estimate and .Ipportioiiincitt of The City of Nezv y'ork: 

The Puulic Service Coniniissijn fur tlie l-irsi District iransinils to yuu a certified 
copy of a resolution adopted at its meeting July 13, 1910, rescinding its resolution 
adopted April 2^, 1912, authorizing a reciuisilion upon your Honorable Hoard to 
the amount of eight thousand dollars ($8,(XX),) to provide means for the construction 
of an additional stairway at John Street to the northbound platform of the Fulton 
Street Station of the Brookiyn-Manhatan Rapid Transit Railroad as extra work 
under Contract No. 2, and requesting that your Honorable Board rescind its resolu- 
tion adopted June 13, 1912, authorizing the Comptroller to issue corporate stock 
of The City of New York to the amount not exceeding eight thousand dollars 
($8,(X)<;), the proceeds thereof to apply to the construction of said John Street addi- 
tional stairway. 

This Commission has prepared plans for the construction of an additional stair- 
way to the Fulton Street Station of the Brooklyn-Manhattan Rapid Transit Railroad 
in Maiden Lane, in front of the premises at the northeast corner of Broadway and 
Maiden Lane, Maniiattan. This stairway will relieve to some extent the congestion at 
the John Street stairway leading to the uptown platform of the station and will serve 
the passenger traffic in the immediate vicinity of Maiden Lane. The cost of the con- 
struclion work has been estimated at eleven thousand dollars ($11,000). The Com- 
mission made requisition upon your Honorable Board on June 25, 1915, for the sum 
of eleven thousand dollars ($11,000) to cover the cost of construction of this additional 
stairway, and on July 29, 1915, your Honorable Board disapproved the requisition of 
the Commission upon the report of the Comptroller. The Commission, however, 
renewed its request in a communication to your Honorable Board, dated February 10, 
1916. The matter is still pending before your Honorable Board. 

This Commission is in receipt of a communication from the Comptroller's Office, 
dated June 20, 1916, signed by Alexander Brough, Deputy and Acting Comptroller, 
a part of which is quoted as follows : 

"The comparatively small margin of debt-incurring power possessed by the 
City makes it imperative that all unneeded authorizations of corporate stock or 
unneeded balances of such be rescinded as soon as such may be done, and in this 
case it would appear that as the Public Service Commission considers that the 
stairway for which the appropriation of $8,000 was authorized on June 13, 1912, 
will be rendered unnecessary by the construction of the stairway at Maiden Lane, 
as provided for in the requisition of February 10, 1916. I would respectfully urge 
upon you that the Commission request the Board of Estimate and Apportionment 
to rescind the authorization of June 13, 1912, of $8,000 made under Contract No. 2. 
In this way the $11,000 requested for the new stairway at Maiden Lane could be 
authorized at a net addition of $3,000 and a corresponding reduction in the City's 
debt-incurring power." 

The Commission, therefore, in view of all that has been stated above, requests 
your Honorable Board to rescind its resolution adopted June 13, 1912, authorizing 
the Comptroller to issue corporate stock of The City of New York to the amount not 
exceeding eight thousand dollars ($8,000), the proceeds thereof to be applied to the 
construction of the additional stairway at John Street to the northbound platform 
of the Fulton Street Station of the Brooklyn-Manhattan Rapid Transit Railroad as 
extra work under Contract No. 2. 

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION FOR THE FIRST DISTRICT, Osc.\r S. 
Strats, Chairman. 
(Seal.) 

Dated. New York. July 14, 1910. 
Attest : James B. Wai.kkr. Secretary. 

State of New York, Public Service Commission for the First District. No. 120 
Broadway. New York, September 28, 1916. 

Jo.siPH Haag. Esq., Secretary, Board of Estimate and Apporiionment, Municipal 
Building. New York City : 

Dear .Sir— Referring to your letter of September 25, 1916, with regard to Item 
No. 20 on the (Talendar of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment for September 
22, 1916. in the matter of the appropriation for a stairway leading to the upt<iwn 
platform of tlie Fulton Street station of the New York-Brooklyn Rapid Transit 
Railroad to be located on the northerlv sifle of Maiden Lane, east of Broatlway. and 
transmitting copy of the communication from the President of the Borough of NLin- 
hattan dated September 22. 1916. to the Board of Estimate and Apportionment setting 
forth objection to the proposed location for this stairway on the ground of inter- 



September 29, 1916. 5498 

ference with sidewalk pedestrian traffic and advocating the location of a stairway 
approach through private property. 

The seriousness of the objection cited by the Borough President is appreciated 
and considerable effort has been made by this Commission to secure a practicable and 
adequate station entrance through private property, but with no prospect of success, 
negotiations having extended with some interruptions due to changes in ownership 
for over two years. The real estate available for such a purpose is limited in area 
and the dimensions of the most practicable plots are such as to indicate that the 
acquisition of the required space would make necessary the taking of an entire plot 
or the payment or very heavy consequential damages. With land assessed at from 
$14,000 to $16,000 per front foot on Broadway and $7,500 per front foot on Maiden 
Lane in this vicinity the expenditure of a total of not over $11,000 for a direct and 
adequate entrance would seem to be warranted from a financial viewpoint, even though 
it may be necessary to remove the entrance from the sidewalk at a later date. 
Judging from past experiences there is reason to believe that in the event of the 
replacement at some future time of certain buildings in the vicinity by structures on 
larger plotage station entrance facilities may be obtained at a minimum cost. 

Attention is called to the fact that the proposed entrance will probably tend 
to remove the congestion on the narrower sidewalks of John Street and at the 
John Street entrances to this station as well as to divert a percentage of the subway 
bound pedestrians from parts of Nassau Street and Broadway. 

Owners of property on Maiden Lane have of late shown a disposition to co-operate 
with this Commission, notably at the northeast and southeast corners of Broadway. 
Consent has been given by the owner of the property at the northeast corner of 
Broadway to the construction of the proposed stairway through the sidewalk, although 
this plot is only one-half the size of an ordinary Manhattan lot with every bit of 
its frontage of high value for retail purposes. The owner of the property at the 
southeast corner of Broadway is apparently willing to grant an easement for an 
entrance through its building, but because of the location of essential building columns 
and arrangements with tenants, the width of the passageway would be limited to an 
impracticable extent and the length of the passageway would be such as to entail 
heavy cost for excavation, removal of mains and reconstruction of existing subsur- 
face structures. 

This Commission again urges the immediate authorization of the issuance of 
$11,000 corporate stock for the construction of this stairway as "extra work" under 
Contract No. 2, as the necessities of this subway station require construction thereof 
without delav. Very truly yours, JAMES B. WALKER, Secretary. 

September 19, 191t>. 
To the Board of Estimate and Apportionment: 

Gentlemen — On February 10, 1916, the Public Service Commission for the First 
District made requisition on the Board of Estimate and Apportionment for an author- 
ization of corporate stock in the sum of eleven thousand dollai .-> ($11,000), to cover 
the cost of constructing an additional stairway to the Fulton Street station of the 
Brooklyn-Manhattan Rapid Transit Railroad at Maiden Lane, Manhattan, the work 
to be undertaken as "extra work" under Contract No. 2. 

The said requisition is similar to that made by the Public Service Commission 
on June 25, 1915, for the same purpose, and which was denied by tlie Board of Esti- 
mate and Apportionment on July 29, 1915. In a report dated July 22, 1915, to the 
Board of Estimate and Apportionment, recommending that the requisition of June 
25, 1915, of the Commission be denied, I stated that the opening of the new Seventh 
Avenue subway, with branches through William and through Greenwich Streets and 
stations at Fulton Street, would give relief to this locality; so that a further invest- 
ment o'n the old subway, requiring fixed charges and wages aggregating $4,300 per 
year, seemed unwarranted. 

The Commission, however, is of a diverse opinion and feels that the opening of 
the new lines will not tend greatly to relieve congestion at this point and, that the 
additional cost to the operating company is fully warranted under the circifnistances. 
In its communication of February 10. 1916, renewing its request for an appropriation 
for the said purposes, the Commission noted that notwithstanding the objections 
stated by the Comptroller in his report of July 22, 1915, recommending disapproval of 
the original request, the need for the additional entrance is very great and that the 
congestion experienced has been the source of much complaint from passengers. 

The Commission further noted in its communication of February 10, 1916, that 
on June 13, 1912, this Board authorized an appropriation of $8,000 to cover the cost 
of constructing an additional stairway on John Street, which has never been built, 
and that it is quite possible it would not be needed if the stairway now proposed at 
Alaidcn Lane is constructed. In this latter connection the Deputy Comptroller, under 



5499 ScptemljcT 2v. Ivlo. 

date of June 20, 1916, addressed a communication to the Commission, urging that they 
request the Board of Estmiate and Apportionment to rescind the resolution of the 
Board adopted on June 13, 1912. appropriating the sum of $8.0U() for tiie af-.resaid 
purpose ot an additional stairway on John Street. Tlie Commission, on Julv 3 1916 
accordingly adopted sucli a resolution and transmitted it to the i5oard of'FstimatJ 
and Apportionment. 

Cpon further inquiry and consideration of this entire matter I am inclined to 
the view of the Commission, that the proposed stairway at Maiden Lane is in all 
prohabihty much needed, and 1 therefore recommend the adoption of the attached 
resolution, winch will rescind the resolution adopted by the Uoard on June 13, 1912 
appropriating the sum of $8,000 for an additional stairway at John Street, and 'which 
will authorize the issuance of $11,000 of corporate stock for the purpose mentioned 
in tlie requisition of the Public Service Commission, dated February 10. 1910, such 
construction to be deemed "extra work" under the terms of Contract No ' 

Respectfully. WM. A. PRENUERGAST . Comptroller. 

William G. Fullen, representing the Public Service Commission for the First Dis- 
trict, appeared in favor. 

The following resolution was offered : 

Whereas, On June 25, 1915, the Public Service Commission for the First District 
made requisition on the Board of Estimate and Apportionment for the issuance of 
eleven thousand dollars ($11,000) in corporate stock to provide means for the con- 
struction of an additional stairway at ^Iaiden Lane to the uptown platform of the 
Fulton Street station of the Brooklyn-Maniiattan Rapid Transit Railroad, to be 
constructed as extra work under the terms of Contract No. 2, which application 
was denied by this Board on the ground that the contemplated increase in transit 
facilities for this region would relieve the congestion complained of and would 
render unnecessary the further expenditure of four thousand three hundred dol- 
lars ($4,300) per annum against the operating charges of the Brooklyn-Manhattan 
Rapid Transit Railroad if this stairway were installed; and 

Whereas, Un F^ebruary 10, 1916, The said Public Service Commission renewed its 
request for eleven thousand dollars ($11,000) of corporate stock for said purpose, 
the Commission being of the opinion that the need for this stairway will continue 
subsequent to the operation of the new lines contemplated; and 

Whereas, On June 13, 1912, the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, on requi- 
sition of the Public Service Commission for the F'irst District duly made, appropri- 
ated the sum of eight thousand dollars ($8,000) to cover the cost of construction 
of an additional stairway to the north bound platform of the F'uitcn Street 
station of the Brooklyn-Manhattan Rapid Transit Railroad as extra work under 
Contract No. 2, which stairway lias never been constructed; and 

Whereas, The said Public Service Commission on July 13, 1916, adopted a reso- 
lution requesting the Board of Estimate and Apportionment to rescind the reso- 
lution adopted by the Board on June 13, 1912, appropriating the sum of eight thou- 
sand dollars ($8,000) to provide means for the construction of an additional stair- 
way at John Street to the north bound platform of the Fulton Street station of the 
Brooklyn-Maniiattan Rapid Transit Railroad, which latter stairway, in the opinion 
of the Commission, will not be needed if the Maiden Lane stairway is constructed; 
therefore be it 

Resolved, That the aforesaid resolution adopted by the Board of Estimate and 
Apportionment June 13, 1912, appropriating the sum of eight thousand dollars 
($8,000) for an additional stairway to the north bound platform of the ['"ulton 
Street station of the Brooklyn-Manhattan Rapid Transit Railroad, be and th« same 
is hereby rescinded ; and be it furtiier 

Resolved. That, pursuant to the provisions of section 37 of the Rapid Transit 
Act, being chapter 4 of the Laws of 1891, as amended, and the provisions of >-cc- 
tion 45 of the Greater New York Charter, and the requisition of the Public Ser 'i:e 
Commission for the First District, duly made on February 10. 1916, the Comptroller 
be and is hereby authorized to issue corporate stock of The City of New York to 
an amount not exceeding eleven thousand dollars ($11,000) at such rate of int.Tcst 
as the Commissioners of the Sinking F'und shall prescrilx'. the proceeds thereof to 
the amount of tlic par value of tlie stock to be applied to tlie construction of .i "-.tair- 
way at Maiden Lane and Broadway to the uptown i)latform of the Fulton .Street 
subway station of the Brooklyn-Manhattan Rajiid Transit Railr<iad as extra work 
under Contract No. 2, Iwing the contract dated July 21. 1902, with the Rapid Transit 
Subway Construction Company for the construction and operation of the Brooklyn- 
Manhattan Rapid Transit Railroad. 



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Which was adopted l)y the following vote : 

Affirmative— The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men and the Presidents of the Boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens — 12. 

Negative— The Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan and the Presi- 
dents of the Boroughs of The Bronx and Richmond — 4. 

Public Service Commission for the First District — Issue of Corporate Stock 
for Rapid Transit Purposes Under Contract No. 3 (Cal. No. 128). 

(On September 2Z, 1916 (Cal. No. 21), the report of the Comptroller was pre- 
sented and the matter laid over until this meeting, under Rule 19.) 

The Secretary presented the following requisition of the Public Service Commis- 
sion for the First District; and report of the Comptroller relative thereto: 

State of New York, Public Service Commission for the First District, No. 120 
Broadway. 
To the Board of Estimate and Apportionment of The City of New York: 

In pursuance of section 37 of chapter 4 of the Laws of 1891, as amended, known 
as the Rapid Transit Act, and in pursuance of requisitions made by the Public Service 
Commission for the First District upon the Board of Estimate and Apportionment 
of The City of New York, for the authorization of corporate stock of The City of 
New York for the amounts of twentv-eight million two hundred thousand dollars 
C$28,200,000), three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) and fifty thousand dollars 
($50,000), which, with the sums theretofore registered on account of the railroads 
to be constructed under the contract known as Contract No. 3, The City of New York, 
acting by the Public Service Commission for the First District, and Interborougb 
Rapid Transit Company for additional rapid transit railroads will be sufficient to 
meet the entire estimated expense to the City to be defrayed by the issue of corporate 
stock of executing said Contract No. 3, the Public Service Commission for the First 
District does hereby make subrequisition upon the Board of Estimate and Apportion- 
ment of The City of New York for the authorization of a further amount of cor- 
porate stock of The City of New York, to wit, the sum of tw^o thousand five hundred 
dollars ($2,500) for the purpose hereinafter specified in addition to the corporate stock 
already authorized to be issued, such further amount of corporate stock in the sum 
of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500). to be issued and sold by the Comp- 
troller at such rate of interest as the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund of said 
City may prescribe, the proceeds thereof to be applied for the purpose of maintaining 
the railroad as prescribed in said Contract No. 3. 

It is necessary between the time of the completion of portions of the railroad 
and the time when it is taken over by the lessee under said Contract No. 3 for equip- 
ment and operation to maintain and operate pumps. 

This requisition is a subrequisition oft account of and not in addition to the requi- 
sitions made by. the Public Service Commission for the First District for twenty-eight 
million two hundred thousand dollars ($28,200,000), three hundred thousand dollars 
($3(10,000), and fifty thousand dollars ($50,000). 

In witness whereof, the Public Service Commission for the First District has 
caused its official seal to be hereto affixed and attested by its Acting Secretary, and 
these presents to be signed bv its Actine Chairman, this 23rd day of August, 1916. 

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION FOR THE FIRST DISTRICT, by Wm. 
Hayward, Acting Chairman. 

(Seal.) 

Attest : George F. Daggett, Acting Secretarv. 

September 29, 1916. 

To the Board of listimate and Apportionvient : 

Gentlemen— On Augu.st 23, 1916, the Public Service Commission for the First 
District made requisition on the Board of Estimate and Apportionment for an author- 
ization of $2,500 corporate stock for the purpose of maintaining portions of the rapid 
transit railroads constructed under the provisions of Contract No. 3. ^ 

The monev now requested is for the ordinary care of the railway during the period 
between the time the City's construction work is contemplated and the beginning of 
operation, more particularly, it is for the operation of the pumps draining the low- 
lying portions of the railroad, where the water seepage is sucli as to require sucl: 
operation to prevent floodings. These pump installations were provided for as an 
item in the several construction contracts, it being understood from assurances received 
from the Commission that the "determination" of the Chief Engineer^ of the Com- 
mission would adjudge such pump as more properly "Equipment" than "Construction" 
cl.artres, and. accordingly to be paid for bv the Lessee. 

Section 15 of the equipment specifications of Contract No. 3 provides: 



5501 September 29. 1916. 

"At each sump and at such other points as may be necessary in order to keep 
the Railroad or any part t'nereof clear of water' a jiumping plant shall be in- 
stalled." 

The three succeeding sections outline the character and capacity of such pumps, 
the concluding requirement of Section 18. stating, 

"and all pilling, fittings and connections required therefor not forming jjart <<{ 
the permanent structure shall l)e installed as a part of Equii)ment." 
There are at present in operation on Contract 3 work, two pumps on the Harlem 
River tunnel work, installed and still operated by the Contractor as part of his con- 
struction work, wiiich will later be replaced by six pumps ; and one pump each at 
74th Street and Lexington Avenue, and 108tli Street and Lexington Avenue, which 
have been installed as part of the construction contracts at these i)oints l)y tl.e City 
and have been paid for by the Interborough Company on the determinatfon of the 
Chief Engineer of the Commission that tlie installations were "Equii)ment." ' 

I recommend the adoption of tiie attacl.ed resoUition which will grant the request 
of the Public Service Commission and make avai!al)Ie $2,500 corporate stock for the 
purposes of maintaining portions of the subway constructed under the provisions of 
Contract 3. Respectfully, WM. A. PRENUERGAST, Comptroller. 

The following resolution was offered : 

Resolved, That pursuant to tlie provisions of section ^7 of the Rapid Transit 
Act, being chapter 4 of the Laws of 1891, as amended, and the provisions of section 45 of 
the Greater New York Charter, and the requisition of the Public Service Commission 
,for the First District, duly made Iiy said Commission on August 23. 1916, the Board 
of Estimate and Apportioimient hereby authorizes the issuance of two thousand five 
hundred dollars ($2,500) corporate stock for the purpose of maintaining the railroad 
described in Contract No. 3 between the time of completion of portions of the rail- 
road and the time when it is taken over by the lessee under said Contract No. 3 and be 
it further 

Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and .Apportionment prescribes that the 
limit to the amount of the proceeds of corporate stock available for the said purpose 
shall be two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,5CO) and be it further 

Resolved, That the Comptroller be and is hereby authorized and directed to 
issue corporate stock of The City of New York to tlie amount of two thousand five 
hundred dollars ($2,500) at such rate of interest as the Commissioners of the Sinking 
Fund shall prescribe, the proceeds thereof to the amount of the par value of the 
stock to be applied to the purposes described in the communication dated .August 23, 
1916. of the Public Service Commission for the First District to this Board, and as 
herein specifically set forth, said issue of corporate stock to be charged to the appro- 
priation of twenty-eight million two hundred thousand dollars ($28,200,000) authorized 
by this Board on March 18, 1913, and the supplemental or additional ai>pr<>priation 
thereto of three hundred thousand dollars ($300,(KX)) authorized by tlie Board on 
July 27. 1916, together with the further appropriation of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) 
authorized on July 2S. 1916, for the purpose of carrviiu' out the terms of Contract No. 
3, relating to the City's contril)Ution. 

Which was adopted by the following vote : 

.Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, tlu- rrtsi.kut of the Board of .Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan and the P'esidenis of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 

Public Service Commission for the First District— Issues of Corpornte Stock 
for Payment of Interest Charges in Connection with Construction of Rapid 
Transit Railroads (Cai. No. 129). 

(()ii Septcnilur 22, 1916 (Cal. No. 22), the report of the Comptroller was pre- 
sented and the matter laid over until this meeting, imder Rule 19.) 

The Secretary presented the following requisitions and communications of the 
Public Service Commission for the First District ; and re|>ort of the Comptroller 
relative thereto: 

State of New "S'ork. Public Service Commission for the First District, No. 120 
Eroadwav, New York, Scpteml)er 26, 1916. 
To the Board of Estimate and Apf<^rtionmc>it of The City of Nexv York: 

In pursuance of section 37 of Chapter 4 of the Laws of 1891. as amended, known 
as the Rapid Transit Act. the Public Service Commission for the First District 
hereby makes requisition upon the Board of Estimate and .Apportionment of The 
(iity of New York for the autliorization of corporate stock of The City of New 
York to be issued and sold bv the Comptroller to the amount of two hundred scventy- 
f^ve thousand ($275,000) dollars, which, with the sum of forty million five hundred 



September 29, 1916. 5502 

and one thousand nine hundred and ninety-one dollars ($40,501,991), registered prior 
to March 18, 1913, on account of the railroads to be constructed under the contract 
known as Contract No. 4, between The City of New York, acting by the Public Service 
Commission for the First District and New York Municipal Railway Corporation, for 
additional rapid transit railroads, and the sum of sixty millon dollars ($60,000,000), 
provided by your Honoralile Board on March 18, 1913, and the sum of seven million 
seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($7,750,000), provided by your Honorable 
Board on July 27, 1916, is required to meet the estimated current additional expense 
to the City to be defrayed by the issuance of corporate stock to execute said Con- 
tract No. 4. 

In Witness Whereof, The Public Service Commission for the First District has 
caused this requisition to be subscribed by its Secretary and its seal to be hereto 
affixed this 26th day of September, 1916. 

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION FOR THE FIRST DISTRICT, by J.vmes 
B. Walker, Secretary. 

(L. S.) 

State of New York, Public Service Commission for the First District, No. 120 
Broadway, New York, September 26, 1916. 
To the Board of Estiiiiatc and Apportionment of The City of New York: 

The Comptroller of The City of New York has advised this Commission that 
there will be due and payalile during the month of October, 1916, on bonds and 
notes due October 1, 1916, and notes payable at varying dates up to October 10, 1916, 
under the contract known as Contract No. 4, between The City of New York, acting 
by the Commission, and the New York Municipal Railway Corporation for additional 
rapid transit railroads, interest in the approximate sum of three hundred seventy-nine 
thousand five hundred forty-five and 94-100 dollars ($379,545.94). 

The Comptroller has also advised this Commission that there is unexpended the 
sum of one hundred four thousand five hundred forty-five and 94-100 dollars ($104.- 
545.94), balances of previous authorizations for the interest under this contract. 
Tlie Commission, therefore, to obtain tlie difference between the estimated amount of 
interest due and payable on bonds and notes due October 1, 1916, and notes payable 
at varying dates up to Octol)cr 10, 1916, under Contract No. 4, to wit, three hundred 
seventy-nine thousand five hundred forty-five and 94-100 dollars ($379,545.94), and 
the amount of unexpended balances of previous authorizations for interest on bonds 
and notes under Contract No. 4, to wit, one hundred four thousand five hundred 
forty-five and 94-100 dollars ($104,545.94), namely, the sum of two hundred seventy- 
five thousand dollars ($275,000), hereby makes requisition upon the Board of Esti- 
mate and Apportionment of The City of New York for authorization of corporate 
stock in the amount of two hundred seventy-five thousand dollars ($275,000). This 
sum, together with unexpended balances of previous authorizations for interest on 
bonds and notes under Contract No. 4, will be sufficient to pay the full amount 
required to meet the charges of interest on bonds and notes under Contract No. 4 
during October, 1916. 

This requisition is a subrequisition on account of and not in addition to the 
requisitions made by this Commission upon said Board of Estimate and Apportionment 
for sixty million dollars ($60,000,000), seven million seven hundred fiftv thousand 
dollars ($7,750.(XX)) and two hundred seventy-five thousand dollars ($275,000) for 
the purpose of carrying out said Contract No. 4. 

In Witness Whereof, The Pulilic Service Commission for the First District has 
caused its official seal to be hereto affixed and these presents to be signed by its 
Secretary this 26th day of September, 1916. 

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION FOR THE FIRST DISTRICT, by J.\mes 
B. Walker, Secretary. 

(L. S.) 

State of New York. Pul)lic Service Commission for the First District, No. 120 
Broadway, New York, September 26, 1916. 
To the Board of Estimate and Apportionment of The City of New York: 

The Public Service Commission for the l-Mrst District on September 21, 1916, 
transmitted to your Honorable Board requisilions in the sum of Two hundred sixty- 
four thousand one hundred ninety-three and 06-100 dollars ($264,193.06), estimated 
expense to The City of New York of the amount required, together with the sum 
of Forty million five hundred one thousand nine hundred ninety-one dollars ($40.- 
501,991), registered prior to March 18, 1913, on account of the railroads to be con- 
structed under the contract known as Contract No. 4 between Tlie City of New York, 
acting by the Commission, and New York Municipal Railway Corporation, for addi- 
tional rapid transit railroads, and the sums of Sixty million dollars ($60,000,000) and 



5303 September 29. 1916. 

Seven millidn seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($7,750,000) provided by your 
Honi.rable lioard on March 18, 1913, and July 21, iVlb, respectively, to meet the 
additional cost to the City to execute said Contract No. 4 so as to provide payment 
of interest on bonds and notes payable during October, 1916, under said Luntract 
No. 4. 

TTie Comptroller's office, however, has, since these requisitions were transmitted 
to your Honorable Board, advised tliis Commission tiiat the sum of Twi) liundred 
sixty-four thousand one hundred ninety-three and 00-100 dollars ($264,193.05) will 
not be sufficient to meet tlie expenses of all charges of interest on bonds and notes 
payable during October, 1916, under C\>ntract No. 4. The Commission, tlierefore, 
deemed it advisable to adopt a resohition rescinding its previous resolutions of Sep- 
tembei 21, 19l0, in regard to this matter and substitute therefor new resolutions and 
requisitions for the sum of Two hundred seventy-live thousand dollars ($275,000), 
the approximate estimate of the amount necessary to meet all charges of interest 
payal)le during October, 1916, under Contract No. 4. Resolutions of this description 
were accordingly adopted by the Commission on September 25, 19l0. 

Pursuant to the Resolution of the Commission adopted Septeml)er 25, 1916, 
rescinding the requisitions upon your Honoralile Board, dated September 21, 1916, 
for the sum of Two hundred si.xty-four thousand one hundred ninety-three and Oo-lOO 
dollars ($264,193.06), 1 herewith transmit a certilied copy tliereof, and on behalf of 
this Commission hereby request that your Honoral)!e Pioard disregard tiie recpiisitions 
transmitted September 21, 1916, for the sum of Two hundred sixtv-four thousand one 
hundred nmety-three and 06-100 dollars ($264,193.06). 

in Witness Whereof the Public Service Commission for the First District has 
caused its official seal to be hereto affixed and these presents to be signed by its 
Secretary this 26th day of September, 1916. 

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION FOR THE FIRST DISTRICT, by James 
B. W.-M-KKR. Secretary. 

(Seal.) 

State of New York, Pulilic Service commission Kir liu- iir^i iiiMrici, .\o. 120 
P>roadway, New York, September 26, 1916. 
lion. William .■\. PREXDERr.AST, Comptroller. Municipal Building. New York City: 

Sir — The Commission is in receipt of your communication of September 18, 1916, 
and the communication from your office of September 25, 1916, by Duncan Maclnncs, 
Chief .\ccountant, relative to current requirements for interest on rapid transit 
bonds under Contracts Nos. 3 and 4. In response to your communication tlie Commis- 
sion on September 25. 1916, made requisition upon the Interl)orougli Rapid Transit 
Company for One hundred seventy-live thousand nine hundred forty-nine and 54-100 
dollars ($175,949.54) to pay current interest accruing during October under Contract 
No. 3. and also made requisitions upon the Board of Estimate and .\pportionment 
for Two hundred sixty-four thousand one hundred ninety-three and 06-100 dollars 
($264,193.06) for interest requirements under Contract No. 4. The comiminication 
from your office by Mr. Maclnncs, however, advised this Commission that it would 
be necessary to make requisition on the Board of Estimate and Apportionment for a 
greater sum than Two liundred sixty-four thousand one hundred ninety-three anrl 
06-100 dollars ($2M. 193.06) to meet interest charges under Contract No. 4, and. 
namely, an approximate amount not less than Two liundred seventy-live thousand 
dollars (.$275,000). .Arcordingly, the Commission on Septemlier 25, 191o, rescinded 
its requisitions upon tiic Board of Estimate and .Apportionment of September 21, 
1916, for Two hundred sixty-four thousand one hundred ninety-three and Oo-lOO 
dollars ($204,193.06) and substituted tlierefor requisitions for Two hundred seventy- 
live thousand dollars ($275,00)). Copies of all the papers in the matter are transmitted 
herewith. 

The Commission will communicate with you further with respect to the financing 
of tlic $450,000 interest requirement for Decemlier 1st. under Contract No. 3. 

Respectfully yours. J.\MES B. WALKER. Secretary. 

September 18, 1916. 
To the Board of Estimate and Apportionment: 

Gentlemen— The City will require to pay from October 1st to the close of the 
year considerable sums of money as interest on rapid transit bonds and notes, the 
proceeds of which have been used in the construction of the railroads to be operated 
under Contract No. 3 and under Contract No. 4. 



September 29, 1916. 5S04 

The due dates of these payments and the amounts required are as follows: 

Total Amount of 
Interest Payable Under 
Due Dates. , ^ ^ 

Contract No. 3. Contract No. 4. 

Oct. 1 to 15 Interest on Bonds and Notes $237,047 00 $368,739 00 

November 1 Interest on Bonds 19,511 15 197,091 'il 

December 1 Interest on Bonds 316,356 38 349^634 87 

Estimated Amount of Interest on 
Notes to be issued from September 

18th to December 31st 200,000 00 200,000 00 

$772,914 53 $1,115,444 70 

Unexpended Balances of previous Au- 
thorizations for Interest Account . . 61,097 46 104,545 94 

Additional Amounts required for 
Interest from October 1, 1916, 
to December 31, 1916 $711,817 07 $1,010,898 76 

I have formally called the attention of the Public Service Commission to these 
additional interest requirements, requesting that they adopt and transmit the neces- 
sary requisitions upon which the Board of Estimate would predicate at its meeting 
on September 29th the needed resolutions authorizing the issue of corporate stock 
for such purposes and suggesting also that a request be made upon the Interborough 
Rapid Transit Company for payment to the City of $250,000 wherewith to meet the 
interest due and payable on October 1st and on November 1st under Contract No. 3. 

Respectfully, WM. A. PRENDERGAST, Comptroller. 

The Secretary also presented the following supplemental report of the Comp- 
troller : 

September 26, 1916. 
Re $275,000 Additional Appropriation for Interest on Bonds for the Purpose of Rapid 

Transit Contract No. 4. 
To the Board of Estimate and Apportionment: 

Gentlemen — -As stated in my report to the Board at the meeting of September 
22d (Calendar No. 22), the City will require to pay from October 1st to the close of 
the year considerable sums of money as interest on rapid transit bonds and notes, the 
proceeds of which have been used in the construction of the railroads to be operated 
under Contract No. 3 and under Contract No. 4. There will also be additional interest 
to be provided on notes still to be issued wherewith to obtain moneys for the purposes 
of these contracts. The amounts of interest payable during the month of October 
over and above the unexpended balances of authorization heretofore made for such 
purpose will aggregate under Contract No. 4 approximately $275,000, and under Con- 
tract No. 5 approximately $176,000. 

On September 18, 1916 (as stated in my previous communication to the Board 
on this subject) I formally communicated with the Public Service Commission calling 
attention to these additional interest requirements and requesting that they adopt and 
transmit the necessary requisitions upon which the Board of Estimate would predicate 
at its meeting on September 29th, the needed resolutions authorizing the issue of 
corporate stock for the purpose of establishing a credit and providing funds where- 
with to pay the interest under Contract No 4, and urging upon the Commission that 
a request be made upon the Interborough Rapid Transit Company for a payment to 
the City of $250,000 wherewith to meet the interest due and payable during October 
and on Novemlier 1st under Contract No. 3. 

The Public Service Commission has since transmitted for approval by the Board 
of Estimate and Apportionment six (6) separate requisitions dealing with new con- 
struction contracts, station finish, etc., aggregating $1,097,486.75 for sub-authorization 
from and as a charge against the combined appropriation of $67,750,000 heretofore 
made by the Board for the purpose of carrying out the City's obligations under Contract 
No. 4. Considering these requisitions as a charge against said appropriation, there 
is a balance remaining of $1,913,542.01, from which, however, there must be reserved 
fully $1,050,000 to cover the approximate cost (with interest) of lands acquired for 
the purposes of Contract No. 4, and in respect of which title has vested in the City. 

The Commission evidently desires to conserve the remaining balance for the pur- 
pose of providing funds to meet construction or station finish contracts still to be 



5505 Scpteinl)cr 29, 1916. 

made under operating Contract Xo. 4. as is apparent from tlie fact that in answer to 
my request upon them of Septemher 18th the Commission, at a meeting held on Sep- 
tember 26, 1916, adopted a resohition (a certified copy of wliich was transmitted to the 
Department of Finance), whereby, in pursuance of Section 37 of Chapter 4 of the 
Laws of 1891 as amended, known as the Rapid Transit Act, tlie Commission makes 
requisition upon the Board of Kstimate and Apportionment of the City of New York 
for an additional appropriation and authorization of corporate stock to the amount 
of $275,000 for the purpose of providing for tlic interest payable from October 1, 1916. 
to October 31, 1916, on corporate stock and corporate stock notes heretofore issued or 
to be issued by the City to provide funds for the purpose of carrying out the Cjty's 
obligations under Contract No. 4. This requisition for an appropriation of $275.0(X) 
is in addition to the combined appropriation of $67,750,000 heretofore made l)y the 
Board, viz., $60,000,000 authorized and appropriated on March 18, 1913, and $7.750.00(i 
authorized nnd appro])riated on July 27, 1916. 

The appropriation and authorization of corporate stock thus requested would be 
a charge against the general debt-incurring power of the City, and a further sum of 
approximately $450,000 will require to he made later on by the Board to provide for 
the interest requirements falling due in November and December under rapid transit 
Contract No. 4. 

As it would apparently be desirable to conserve for construction contract purposes 
the remaining unencumbered balance of approximately $850,000 to $860,000 of the 
appropriations heretofore made for the purposes of Contract No. 4, I herewith submit 
the following resolutions and recommend their approval by the Board (a) whereby 
the sum of $275,000 of corporate stock shall be authorized and said amount he addfd 
to the combined corporate stock appropriation of $67,750,000 heretofore authorized by 
the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, viz., $60,000,000 authorized March 18, 1913. 
and $7,750,000 authorized on July 27, 1916, for the purpose of carrying out the City's 
obligations under rapid transit Contract No. 4; and (b) whereby a sub-authorization 
from said total appropriations shall he approved, directing the Comptroller to issue 
corporate stock to an amount not exceeding $275,000, wherewith to meet the interest 
payable during October on corporate stock and corporate stock notes heretofore 
issued or to be issued for the purposes of Contract No. 4. 

The Commission advises in its communication of the 26th instant that it has re- 
quested the sum of $175,949.54 from the Interborough Rapid Transit Company where- 
with to pay current interest accruing during October on bonds and notes issued for the 
purposes of Contract No. 4. Should the Commission be successful in obtaining the 
money requested from the balance of the Company's contribution which is still unen- 
cumbered, the need of an additional appropriation by the Board of Estimate and Ap- 
portionment for interest pavable in October under Contract No. 3 will be obviated. 

Respectfully, ' WM. A. PRENDERGAST, Comptroller. 

The following was offered : 

Whereas, The Public Service Commission for the hirst District has, under date 
of September 26, 1916, made formal requisition upon tiie Board of Estimate and 
Apportionment for an additional appropriation of two hundred and seventy-five thou- 
sand dollars ($275,000), to be provided by issue of corporate stock, for the purpose 
of meeting the interest on corporate stock and on corporate stock notes due and 
payable during October. 1916, and which obligations were issued to provide funds 
wherewith to meet the City's commitments under rapid transit contract No. 4; there- 

faie be it ^ , r t t 

Resolved, Tliat, pursuant to the provisions of section 37 of chapter 4 of the Laws 
of 1891. as amended, known as the Rapid Transit Act, and section 45 of the Greater 
New York Charter, and the recpiisition of the Public Service Commission fc/r the 
First District duly made under the seal of the said Commission by the Chairman ami 
Secretary thereof, on September 26, 1916, the Comptroller be anrl hereby is author- 
ized and directed to issue corporate stock ai The City of New York to the amount 
of two hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars ($275,C(:X">), at such rate of interest 
as the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund sliall prescribe, the proceeds thereof to 
the amount of the par value of the stock to be applic<l to the purposes specified in said 
requisition, as explained by the communication of the Public Service Commission 
transmitting same, in respect of the contract known as Contract No. 4, between 1 he 
Citv of New York, acting bv the Public Service Commission ff^r the I'irst District, 
and New York Municipal Railwav Corporation, this said additional appropriation of 
two hundred and seventv-five thousand dollars ($275,000) of corpc/rate stock from 
the general deltt-incurrin'g power of the City being stated in the requisition of the 
Public Service Commission of September 26. 1916. as being required to meet the 
interest payable from October 1. 1916. to October 31. 1916. cm corporate stock and 



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notes heretofore issued or to be issued by tlie City to provide funds for the purpose 
of carrying out the City's olaligations under the contract known as Contract No. 4, 
and said authorization is in addition to the sum of sixty million dollars ($60,000,000) 
of corporate stock authorized by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment on March 
18, 1913, and the supplemental or additional sum thereto of seven million seven hun- 
dred and fifty thousand dollars ($7,750,000) authorized by the Board of Estimate 
and Apportionment on July 27, 1916, in respect of said Contract No. 4. 

Which v^^as adopted by the following vote : 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan and ;]ie Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 

The following was offered : 

Whereas, The Public Service Commission for the First District, in response to a 
communication by the Comptroller, has formally adopted, under date of September 
26, 1916. a resolution whereby the Board of Estimate and Apportionment is requested 
to approve a sub-authorization requesting and directing the Comptroller to issue two 
hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars ($275,000) of corporate stock, the pro- 
ceeds thereof, to the amount of the par value of the stock, to be applied to the payment 
of interest accruing on bonds and notes issued for .the purposes of Contract No. 4, said 
subauthorization of two hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars ($275,000) of corpo- 
rate stock to be a charge against the appropriation made by the Board for the purposes 
of Contract No. 4; therefore be it 

Resolved, That, pursuant to the provisions of section 37 of chapter 4 of the 
Laws of 1891, as amended, known as the Rapid Transit Act, and of section 45 of 
the Greater New York Charter, and the requisition of the Public Service Commission 
for the First District, duly made on September 26, 1916, the Comptroller be and is 
hereby authorized to issue corporate stock of The City of New York to an amount 
not exceeding two hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars ($275,000), at such 
rate of interest as the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund shall prescribe, the pro- 
ceeds thereof to the amount of the par value of the stock to be applied to the payment 
of the interest falling due during the month of October, 1916, upon corporate stock 
and upon corporate stock notes heretofore authorized and issued or to be issued for 
rapid transit purposes under the provisions of Contract No. 4, between The City 
of New York and New York Municipal Railway Corporation, such issue of corporate 
stock to be charged against the combined appropriation of sixty-eight million and 
twenty-five thousand dollars ($68,025,000), made by the Board of Estimate and Appor- 
tionment, viz., sixty million dollars ($60,000,000), authorized March 18. 1913; seven 
million seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($7,750,000), authorized July 27, 
1916; and two hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars ($275,000), authorized Sep- 
tember 29, 1916, for the purpose of carrying out the terms of Contract No. 4 with 
respect to the City's obligations and contril)ution thereto. 

Which was adopted by the following vote : 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 



Public Service Commission for the First District — Consent to Award of Con- 
tract with Ramapo Iron Works for Supply of Special Work Under Con- 
tract No. 4 and Issue of Corporate Stock Therefor (Cal. No. 130). 

(On Sci)tcmbcr 22, 1916 (Cal. No. 23), the report of the Comptroller was presented 
and the matter laid over until this meeting, under Rule 19.) 

The Secretary presented the following requisition from the Public Service Com- 
mission for the First District; and report of the Comptroller relative thereto: 

State of New York, Public Service Commission for the First District, No. 120 
Broadway, September 6, 1916. 
To the Board of Estimate and Apporttoumeiit of The City of New York: 

The Public Service Commission for the First District transmits herewith to your 
Honorable Board for your consent, as required by law, a proposed contract between 
The Citv of New York and Ramapo Iron Works for the supply of special work 
(Order No. 9). 

The Public Service Commission for the First District requests your Honorable 
Board to consent to said contract herewith transmitted and to prescribe a limit to 
the amount of bonds available to meet the requirements of said contract, to wit, the 
sum of twenty-nine thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine dollars ($29,859), and 
to direct the Comptroller of The City of New York to issue the bonds of said City 



5507 September 29, 191C. 

at such a rate <.i interest as the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund of said City 
mav prescribe for the purpose of providing the necessary means for the supply of 
said special work (Order No. 9), at the public expense,^ to wit, the sum of twenty- 
nine thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine dollars ($29,859). 

The Public Service Commission for the First District does hereby pursuant to 
section 45 of the Greater New York Charter, make requisition for the authorization 
of such corporate stock for the full amount sufficient to pay the entire estimated 
expense of executing said contract, to wit, the sum of twenty-nine thousand and 
eight hundred and tifty-nine dollars ($29,^59). 

This requisition is a suh-requi.sition cm account of and not in addition to the 
requisitions made by the Public Service Commission for the First District upon your 
Honorable Board for sixty million dollars ($00,000,000) and seven million seven 
hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($7.750.0(H)) for the purpose of carrying out the 
contract dated March 19, 1913, known as Contract No. 4, between The City of New 
York and New \ork Municipal Railway Corporation for the construction of rapid 
transit railroads. 

In witness whereof, the Public Service Commission for the First District has 
caused its oflficial seal to be hereto affixed and attested by its Secretary, and these 
presents to be signed bv its Chairman this 6th dav of September, 1916. 

PUBLIC SFRXICE COMMISSION FOR THE FIRST DISTRICT, by Oscar 
S. Str.\us, Chairman. 

(Seal.) 

Attest: James B. Walker, Secretary. 

(Contract referred to on file.) 

September 19, 1916. 
To the Board of Estimate and Al>t>ortionmcnt : 

Gentlemen— On September 6. 1916. the Public Service Commission for the First 
District transmitted for consent of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment a 
proposed contract to be entered into between The City of New York, acting by said 
Commission, and the Ramapo Iron Works, for the supply of Special Work. Order 
No. 9, at an estimated cost of $29,859. 

The Commission requested the Hoard to consent to the award of the contract 
submitted, prescribe the limit of $29,859 to the amount of Ixmds to be issued to meet 
the obligations thereof and to direct the Comptroller to issue bonds to said amount, 
to be charged against the coml>ined appropriation of $60,(KI0,(I00 authorized by this 
Board on March 18. 1913, and the supplemental or additional appropriation thereto 
of $7,750,OCO authorized on July 17, 1916, for the purpose of carrying out the City's 
obligations under Contract NiV. 4. ... 

The special work provided for by the proposed contract comprises switches. 
fro"-s and turnouts to be used on the Culver Line in Brooklyn. Three bidders com- 
peted for the work, the bids ranging $29,859, $30,070 and $32,693. The proposed award 
is to the lowest bidder. .• . .i . , 

I recommend the adoption of the attached resolution consenting to the contract 
award, limiting the amount of bonds and authorizing and directing the Comptroller 
tti issue the necessary corporate stock. ,.,.,-v. .i-i w v c-r <- . n 

Respectfullv. WM. A. PKI-.N DKRGAST. Comptroller. 

The following resolution was offered : • ,^ r i n • i t 

Resolved That, inirsuant to tho provisions of .section S? of the Kapid 1 ransit 
Act being chapter 4 of the Laws of 1891. as amended, and the provisions of section 
45 of the Greater New ^'ork Charter, and the requisitK.n of the Public Service 
Commission for the First District duly made by said Commission on September 6 
1916 the Board of Estimate and Apportionment hereby consents to the propciscd 
contract to be entered into between The City of New York, acting ''V /•;^';> Co"!' 
mission and the Ramapo Iron Works, for the supply of special Nvork Order No. ^ 
for lise on the Culver Line, at an estimated cost of twenty-nine thousand eight 
hundred and fiftv-nine dollars ($29,859); and be it further 

Resolved That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment prescribes that 'he 
limit to the amount of proceeds of corporate stock available /"r^;''*^.^^' {'"''P";"^ 
shPll be twenty-nine thousand eight hundred and hfty-nine dollars ($29,839). and 

^^ 'ReioKxd That the Comptroller be and is hereby authorized and directed to issue 
corporate stock of The Citv of New York to the amount of twenfy-nine housand 
dght hundred and fifty-nine dollars ($29,859) at such rate of interes ^^t'^'; Com- 
missioners of the Sinking Fund shall prescribe, the ^'^'^ '^Z^lX S^c ^Z^^^^ 
of the par value of the stock to be applied to purposes of contract with the Kan'-PO 
Iron W^orks. as set forth in this resolution and described in the requisition of the 



Septemlier 29. 1916. 5508 

Public Service Commission for the First District, to this Board dated September 
6, 1916, said issue of corporate stock to be charged against the appropriation of sixty 
million dollars ($60,000,(J(J()) authorized by this Board on March 18, 1913, and tiie sup- 
plemental or additional appropriation thereto of seven million seven hundred and fifty 
thousand dollars ($7,750,000) authorized on July 11, 1916, for the purpose of carrying 
out the City's oI)ligation under Contract No. 4. 

Which was adopted by the following vote : 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 



Public Service Commission for the First District — Issue of Corporate Stock 
for Construction of Rapid Transit Railroads Under Contract No. 4 (Cal. 
No. 131). 

(On SoptciTiI)er 22. 1916 (Cal. No. 24), the report of the Comptroller was pre- 
sented and the matter laid over until this meeting, under Rule 19.) 

The Secretary presented the following requisition of the Public Service Com- 
mission for the First District; and report of the Comptroller relative thereto: 

State of New York, Public Service Commission for the First District, No. 120 
Broadway, New York. 
To the Board of Estimate and Apportionment of The City of New York: 

In pursuance of section 2i7 of chapter 4 of the Laws of 1891, as amended, known 
as the Rapid Transit Act, and in pursuance of requisitions made by the Public 
Service Commission for the First District upon the Board of Estimate and Appor- 
tionment of The City of New York for the authorization of corporate stock of The 
City of New York for the amounts of sixty million dollars ($60,000,000) and seven 
million seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($7,750,000), which with the sums 
theretofore registered on account of the railroads to be constructed under the con- 
tract known as Contract No. 4 between The City of New York, acting by the Public 
Service Commission for the First District, and New York Municipal Railway Cor- 
poration for additional rapid transit railroads will be suft'icient to meet the entire 
estimated expense to the City to be defrayed by the issue of corporate stock of 
executing said Contract No. 4, the Public Service Commission for the First District 
does hereby make subrequisition upon the Board of Estimate and Apportionment 
of The City of New York for the authorization of a further amount of corporate 
stock of The City of New York, to wit, the sum of two thousand live hundred dollars 
($2,500) for the purpose hereinafter specified in addition to the corporate stock 
already authorized to be issued, such further amount of corporate stock in the sum 
of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) to be issued and sold by the Comp- 
troller at such rate of interest as the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund of said 
City may prescribe, the proceeds thereof to be applied for the purpose of maintain- 
ing the railroad as described in said Contract No. 4. 

It is necessary between the time of the completion of portions of the railroad 
and the time when it is taken over by the lessee under said Contract No. 4 for equip- 
ment and operation to maintain and operate pum])s. 

This requisition is a sulirequisition on account of and not in addition to the 
requisitions made In- the Pulilic Service Commission for the First District for 
sixtv million dollars ($60,000,000) and seven million seven hundred and fifty thou- 
sand dollars ($7,750,000). 

In Witness Whereof the Public Service Commission for the First District has 
caused its official seal to be hereto affixed and attested by its Acting Secretary and 
these presents to l)e signed bv its Acting Chairman, this 23rd dav of August. 1916. 

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION FOR THE FIRST DISTRICT, By Wm. 
H.\YW.\UD. Acting Chairman. 

(Seal.) 

Attest: George h. D.\ggi:tt, Acting Secretarv. 

September 19, 1916. 
To the Board of Estimate and Apportionment: 

Gentlemen — On August 23, 1916, the Pulilic Service Commission for the First 
District made requisition on the Board of Estimate and Apportionment for an au- 
thorization of $2,500 corporate stock for the purpose of maintaining portions of the 
rapid transit railroads constructed under the provisions of Contract No. 4. 

The money requested is for the ordinary care of the subway during the period 
between the time the City's construction work is completed and the beginning of 
operation; more particularly, it is for the operation of the pumps draining the low 
lying portions of the railroad where tlie water seepage is such as to require such 



5509 September 29. 1916. 

operation to prevent flooding. These pump installations were provided for as an 
Item in the several construction contracts, it being understood from assurances 
received from the Commission that the "determination" of the Chief Engincr of 
the Commission would adjudge such pumps more proi)erlv "Etiuinment" tlian "Con- 
struction charges, and. accordingly to Ik.- paid for by the 'lessee. ' 

Section 15 of the Equipment spccihcations of Contract No. 4, provides: 

"At each sump and at such other points as mav l)e necessary in order to 

keep the railroad or any part thereof clear of water, a pumping plant shall 

be installed. 

The three succeeding sections outline the character and capacity of such pumps, 
the concluding requirement of section 18 stating: 

"And all piping, fittings and connections required therefor not forming 

pait of the permanent structure shall be installed as a part of Equipment." 

There are at present in operation on Contract 4 work, a pump at Broadway and 
Chambers street on the Broadway line, costing about $746.90, installed as a part of 
the construction contract at that point, which pump the Chief Engineer of he Com- 
mission has adjudged to be "equipment." under the terms of Contract 4, but which 
the New York Municipal Railroad Corporation has refused to pay for. on the ground 
that it was not consulted in the matter; also, a pump at Canal street and Broadway 
installed and operated by the Contractor in connection wih his work, but regarding 
the continued operation on a rental basis, or the purchase, of which the Commission 
is still undecided. One other pump is shortly to be installed at Vesey street and 
Broadway which will be paid for by the lessee. 

I recommend the adoption of the attached resolution which will grant the re- 
quest of the Public Service Commission and make available $2,500 corporate stock 
for the purposes of maintaining portions of the subway constructed under the pro- 
visions of Contract 4. 

Respectfully, WM. A. PRENDERGAST, Comptroller. 

The following resolution was ofifered : 

Resolved, That, pursuant to the provisions of section 27 of the Rapid Transit 
Act, being chapter 4 of the Laws of 1891, as amended, and the provisions of section 
45 of the Greater New York Charter, and the requisition of the Public Service 
Commission for the First District, duly made by said Commission on August 23, 
1916, the Board of Estimate and Apportionment hereby authorizes the issuance of 
two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) corporate stock for the purpose of main- 
taining the railroad described in Contract No. 4 between the time of the completion of 
portions of the railroad and the time when it is taken over by the lessee under said 
Contract No. 4 ; and be it further 

Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment prescribes that the 
limit to the amount of the proceeds of corporate stock available for the said pur- 
poses shall be two thousand 'iwc hundred dollars ($2,500) ; and be it further 

Resolved. That the Comptroller be and he is hereby authorized and directed 
to issue corporate stock of The City of New York to the amount of two tliousand 
five hundred dollars ($2,500), at such rate of interest as the Commissioners of the 
Sinking Fund shall prescribe, the proceeds thereof to the amount of the oar value 
of tlic stock to be applicfl to the purposes described in the communication dated 
August 2.3. 1916, of the Public Service Commission for the First District to this 
Board, and as herein specifically set forth, said issue of corporate stock to be char-..;cd 
against the appropriation of sixty million dollars ( $^)<).000.000 ) , made by this 
Board on March 18, 1913. and the sui)plemcntal or additional ai)propriation thereto 
of seven million seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($7,750,000), made 
by this Board on July 27, 1916, for the purpose of carrying out the City's obligation 
under Contract No. 4. 

Which was adopted bv the following vote: 

AfTirmativc— The Mavor. the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the -Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan, and tlic Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx. Queens and Richmond — 16. 



Public Service Commission for the First District— Additional Issue of Corporate 
Stock to Meet the Rc()uirenients of Contract with Cooper & I \nns Com- 
pany for Construction of Sections of the .Astoria. \N oodside and Corona 
Rapid Transit Railroad (Cal. No. 132). 

(On Septenib.r 12. V)\u (Cal. \(i. 25). the report of the Comptroller was pre- 
sented and the matter laid over until this meeting under Rule 19.) 

The .Secretary presented the following requisition of the Public Service Commis- 
sion for the First District: and report of the Comptroller relative thereto: 



September 29, 1916. 5510 

State of New York, Public Service Commission for the First District, No. 120 
Broadway, New York. 
To the Board of Estimate and Apportioiiiiicnt of The City of A^ezu York: 

Your Honoralile Board on June 30, 1916, pursuant to the provisions of section 
246 of the Greater New York Charter, being chapter 601 of the Laws of 1907 ais 
amended, adopted a resolution determining that The City of New York had received 
a benefit from and is justly and equitably obligated to pay Cooper & Evans Company, 
contractor for the construction of Secticwi No. 2 of the Astoria, Woodside and Corona 
Rapid Transit Railroad (Routes Nos. 36 and 37), the sum of one thousand three 
hundred and seventy-nine and 24-100 dollars ($1,379.24) for labor and materials fur- 
nished in removing overhead wires and structures in connection with the construction 
of said section of said rapid transit railroad. The Comptroller is directed to make 
payment of said sum to Cooper & Evans Company by utilizing the unexpended balance 
of the appropriation made for the construction of said section of said rapid transit 
railroad, and to pay the remainder of said sum from funds to be appropriated therefor 
by your Honorable Board upon requisition of the Public Service Commission for the 
First District. 

Since the date of the adoption of said resolution your Honorable Board has 
rescinded all unexpended balances of the appropriations made for the construction of 
rapid transit railroads, including the unexpended balance of the appropriation for 
the construction of Section No. 2 of the Astoria, Woodside and Corona Rapid Transit 
Railroad (Routes Nos. 36 and 37), and it will therefore be necessary for your Hon- 
orable Board to appropriate the full sum directed to be paid the Cooper & Evans 
Company in and by the resolution of June 30, 1916, of your Honorable Board. 

The Public Service Commission for the First District, therefore, in accordance 
with the provisions of the Rapid Transit Act, being chapter 4 of the Laws of 1891, 
as amended, hereby makes requisition upon the Board of Estimate and Apportionment 
of The City of New York for the authorization of a further amount of corporate 
stock of The City of New York to be issued and sold by the Comptroller in addition 
to the amount already authorized to be issued to provide means to meet the require- 
ments of the contract for the construction of Section No. 2 of Routes Nos. 36 and 
37, to wit, the sum of one thousand three hundred and seventy-nine and 24-100 dollars 
($1,379.24), which sum is necessary to carry out the provisions of the resolution of 
June 30, 1916, of your Honorable Board, such requisition to be a subrequisition on 
account of and not in addition to the requisitions made by this Commission for 
twentv-eiyht million two hundred thousand dollars ($28,200,000), three hundred thou- 
sand "dollars ($300,000) and fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), for the purpose of 
carrying out the contract knov/n as Contract No. 3. 

In witness whereof the Public Service Commission for the First District has 
caused its official seal to be hereto affixed and attested by its Acting Secretary, and 
these presents to be signed bv its Acting Chairman this 30th day of August, 1916. 

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION FOR THE FIRST DISTRICT, by Wm. 
Hayward, Acting Chairman. 

(Seal.) 

Attest: George F. Daggett, Acting Secretary. 

September 19, 1916. 

To the Board of Estimate and Aptyortionment: 

Gentlemen — On August 30, 1916, the Public Service Commission for the First 
District made requisition on the Board of Estimate and Apportionment for the issu- 
ance of $1,379.24 corporate stock to meet the further requirements of the contract 
vvith Cooper & Evans Company for the construction of Section 2 of Routes 36 and 
37, a portion of the Astoria, Woodside and Corona Rapid Transit Railroad. 

The money is to be expended in meeting claim of Cooper & Evans Company fof 
labor and materials furnished in removing overhead wires and structures in con- 
nection with its work on Section 2 of Routes 36 and 37. This work has been done 
without a formal order, and the action of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment 
became necessary to legalize payment. 

Favorable action was taken by this Board on the matter at its meeting on June 
30. 1916, it being provided in the resolution that $1,045.08 should be paid from account 
"C-CM-162," the unexpended balance from the appropriation authorized on March 6, 
1913, for the construction of this section of the railroad, and the balance, $334.16, 
from any funds to be appropriated therefor on requisition of the Commission. 

The Commission notes in its communication that since the Board of Estimate 
and Apportionment by resolution of August 22, 1916, pursuant to a formal requisition 
of the Public Service Commission, rescinded all unexpended balances accruing from 
the contract, it will be necessary for the full amount of the claim, -riz., $1,379.24, to 
be provided and the Commission has made requisition accordingl}^ 



5511 September 29, 1916. 

I lecommeiul the adoption of the attached resolution authorizing the issuance of 
$1,379.24 corporate stock, as requested bv tlie Commission. 

Respectfully, \VM. A. PRENDERGAST, Comptroller. 

The following was offered : 

Whereas, On June 30, 1916, the Board of Estimate and Apportionment adopted 
a resolution, pursuant to the provisions of section 246 of the Greater New York 
Charter, bcMug chapter 601, of the Laws of 1907, as amended, determining tiiat Cooper 
& Evans Company, contractor for Section 2 of the Astoria Woodside and Corona 
Rapid Transit Railroad (Routes 36 & 37) was equitably entitled to the payment of one 
thousand, three hundred and seventy-nine dollars and twenty-four cents ($1,379.24) 
for labor and materials furnished in removing overhead wires and structures in 
connection with the construction of said section, the payment of said sum to be 
made in the amount of one thousand and forty-five dollars and eight cents ($1,045.08) 
from the unexpended balance of the appropriation made for said contract and the 
remainder, three hundred and thirty-four dollars and sixteen cents ($334.16), to be 
appropriated by the Board for said purposes, and 

Whereas, the said Board of Estimate and Apportionment by resolution of August 
22, 1916 and in accordance with a formal request from the Public Service Commission 
for the First District, rescinded all unexpended balances of appropriations made for 
the construction of sections of the rapid transit railroads which were completed at 
that date, including said Section 2, Routes 36 and 37, necessitating the appropriation 
of the full amount of said claim, to wit, one thousand three hundred and seventy-nine 
dollars and twenty-four cents ($1,379.24) on requisition therefor by the Public Serv- 
ice Commission for the First District, and 

Whereas, said Public Service Commission on August 30, 1916, has made requisi- 
tion for the appropriation of said full amount, to wit, one thousand three hundred and 
seventy-nine dollars and twenty-four cents ($1,379.24) for the purposes aforesaid; 
therefore, be it 

Resolved, That pursuant to the provisions of section 37 of the Rapid Transit 
Act, being chapter 4 of the Laws of 1891, as amended, and the provisions of section 
45 of the Greater New York Charter and the requisition of the Public Service Com- 
mission for the First District, duly made by said Commission on August 30, 1916, 
the Board of Estimate and Apportionment hereby authorizes the issuance of one 
thousand, three hundred and seventy-nine dollars and twenty-four cents ($1,379.24) 
corporate stock to be used for purposes of contract with Cooper is: Evans Company, 
for the construction of Section 2 of the Astoria, Woodside and Corona Rapid Transit 
Railroad (Routes 36 & 37) on account of labor and material furnislied in removing 
overhead wires and structures in connection with the construction of said section ; 
and be it further 

Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment prescribes that the 
limit to the amount of corporate stock available for the said purposes shall be one 
thousajul, three hundred and seventy-nine dollars and twenty-four cents ($1,379.24) ; and 
be it furtlicr 

Resolved, That the Comptroller be and is hereby authorized and directed to issue 
corporate stock of The City of New York to the amount of one tliousand, three 
hundred and seventy-nine dollars and twenty-four cents ($1,379.24), as such rate 
of interest as the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund shall prescribe, the proceeds 
thereof to the amount of the par value of the stock to be applied to the purposes 
described in the communication dated August 30, 1916, of the Public Service Commis- 
sion to this Board, and as herein specifically set forth, said issue of corporate stock to 
be charged against the appropriation of twenty-eight million, two hundred thousand 
dollars ($28,200,000) autliorized by this Board on March 18. 1913, anrl the supplemental 
or additional appropriation thereto of tliree humlred thousand dollars ($3(X),(KX)) au- 
thorized by the Board on July 27, 1916, togetlier with the further appropriation of 
fifty thou-s'and dollars ($50,000) autliorized on July 28, 1916._ for tlie purpose of carry- 
ing out the terms of (Contract No. 3 relating to the City's contribution; and be it 
further . , „ . 

Resolved, That the resolution adopted by the Board of Estnnatc and .Apportion- 
ment on June 30, 1916, determining tiiat The City of New York has received a benefit 
from and is justlv and equitably obligated to pay to Cooper & Evans Company, without 
interest, the sum Hf one thousand three hundred and seventy-nine dollars and twenty- 
four cents (.$1,379.24) for labor and material furnished in removing overhead wins 
and structures in connection with the construction of a jiart of the Astoria. Woodside 
and Corona Rai)id Transit Railroad. Section 2, Routes 36 and 37. and that the interest 
of the City will be best sub.served by the payment of said sum. pursuant to the provisions 
of section" 24h of the Greater New York Charter, being chapter 601 of the Laws of 
1907, as amended, be and same is hereby amended by rescinding that portion of the 
resolution whicli reads as follows : 



September 29, 1916. 5512 

" * * * and the Comjjtrollcr is licrcby authorized to pay one thousand 
and forty-five dollars and eight cents ($1,045.08) thereof, upon voucher of the 
Pul)]ic Service Commission for the First District from bond account entitled 
'C. C. M. 162' the unexpended balance of the appropriation authorized en March 
6. 1913, to provide funds for the construction of said rapid transit railroad. Sec- 
tion 2, Routes 36 and 37, and to pay the remainder of said sum, three hundred 
and thirty-four dollars and sixteen cents ($334.16), from any funds appropriated 
therefor by this Board, upon requisition of the Public Service Commission for 
the First District." 

Which was adopted by the following vote: 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan and the Presidents of the 
Borouglis of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 

Public Service Commission for the First District — Consent to Award of Con= 
tract with John B. Roberts for Removal and Reconstruction of Stairway to 
Elevated Railroad at Corner of Rector Street and Trinity Place, Borough of 
Manhattan, and Issue of Corporate Stock Therefor (Cal. No. 133). 

'I he Secretary presented a report of the Comptroller recommending that the 
Board approve of and consent to the proposed contract to be entered into between 
The City of New York, acting by the Public Service Commission for the First District, 
and John B. Roberts, for the removal and reconstruction of the portion of the stair- 
way to the elevated railroad at the northeast corner of Rector street and Trinity 
place, in the Borough of Manhattan, and also authorize the issue of $1,858 corpo- 
rate stock to provide means for carrying out the contract. 

(On September 15. 1916 (Cal. No. 70), the matter was laid over until September 
22, 1916. and on tlie latter date (Cal. No. 58) it was laid over until this meeting.) 

William G. Fullen, representing the Public Service Commission for the First Dis- 
trict, api)eared in favor. 

The matter was laid over for one week (October 6, 1916). 



President, Borough of Richmond — Issue of Special Revenue Bonds (Cal. No. 

134). 

The Secretary presented a report of the Comptroller recommending the request 
contained in the resolution of the Board of Aldermen, adopted July 7, 1916, for an 
issue of $20,000 special revenue bonds for the purpose of resurfacing certain streets 
in the Borough of Richmond, be denied for reasons stated therein. 

(On September 15, 1916 (Cal. No. 59), the report of the Comptroller was pre- 
sented and the matter laid over until September 22, 1916; on the latter date (Cal. 
No. 57) it was laid over until this meeting.) 

The matter was laid over for one week (October 6, 1916). 



James J. Nolan, Exequtor of William Nolan — Claim of (Cal. No. 135). 

The Secretary presented a report of the Comptroller certifying for payment, 
pursuant to section 246 of the Charter, claim of James J. Nolan, executor of William 
Nolan, deceased, in the sum of $2,475.07 for expenses incurred in the operation of a 
disposal plant and the disposal of garbage at Rockaway, Borough of Queens, from 
July 30 to October 16, 1906. 

(On June 23, 1916 (Cal. No. 53), a report of the Comptroller certifying the above 
mentioned claim for payment in the sum of $1,293.39, without interest, in pursuance 
of section 246 of the Charter, was presented to the Board and laid over until June 
30. 1916; on the latter date (Cal. No. 125) it w^as laid over until July 7, 1916, and on 
said date (Cal. No. 192) was referred back to the Comptroller. On September 15, 
1916 (Cal. No. 72), the Comptroller presented another report (as above set forth), 
and the matter was laid over until September 22, 1916; on the latter date (Cal. No. 
59) it was laid over until this meeting.) 

The matter was laid over for one week (October 6, 1916). 



George D. Harris & Co., Inc.— Claim of (Cal. No. 136). 

(On June 9, June 23 and July 27, 191f), the certificate of the Deputy and Acting 
Comptroller was presented and the matter laid over; on the latter date ((lal. No. 382), 
until September 15, 1916, on which date (Cal. No. 227). it was laid over until Sep- 
tember 22. 1916. On September 22, 1916 (Cal. No. 61), the matter was laid over until 
this meeting.) 

The Secretary presented the following certificate of the Deputy and Acting 
Comptroller: 



5513 September 29. 1916. 

June 3. 1916. 
To the HoiM}rabIc the Board of flstiinnU- and .If^pi'rih'iuiu'nl : 

Gcntlcmtn — Under and pursuant to the i)rovisions of section 246 of the Greater 
New York Charter, bciny Chapter OOI of the Laws of 1907, as amended. I hereby 
certify that George I). Harris & Co.. Inc.. has presented a claim against the City 
of New York lor the sum of $2,759.14. alleged to l)e due under contract No. 3U109 
for coal delivered to the Department of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity between 
January 1st and August 22nd. 1912; that the contract under which such deliveries 
of coal were made was dated May 25. 1911, and w'as not recertified on January 1. 1912. 
as to tile unexecuted portion thereof, as required by section 149 of the Greater New 
York Charter; that said claim is therefore illegal and invalid as against the City; 
that, notwithstanding sucli ille.gality. it is in my judgment equital)le and proper for 
tile City to pay the money value of the Ijencfit which it has received by reason of the 
furnishing of said coal, which value is the sum of $1,340.56, and that said sum should 
be paid to George D. Harris & Co., Inc., upon the execution of a full release in 
favor of the City in such form as shall be approved bv the Corporation Counsel. 

Respectfully, ALBERT E. H.\DLOCK, Deputy and Acting Comptroller. 

The following resolution was offered: 

Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and .-Apportionment, pursuant to the pro- 
visions of section 246 of the Greater New York Charter, being chapter 601 of the 
Laws of 1907. as amended, herel)y determines tliat Tlie City of New York has re- 
ceived a benefit from, and is justly and equitably obligated to pay to George D. 
Harris & Co.. Inc., without interest, the sum of one thousand three hundred and forty 
dollars and fifty-six cents ($1,340.56) for coal delivered to the Department of Water 
Suppl}', Gas and Electricity between January 1 and August 22, 1912 ; that the interests 
of the City will be best subserved by the payment of said sum which should be paid 
only upon the execution by said claimant of a full release in favor of the City, in 
such form as shall be approved by the Corporation Counsel ; and the Comptroller 
be and is hereby authorized to pay said sum from the account "Revenue Bond I'und 
for Claims. Miscellaneous. R.C.L.-ll." 

Which failed of adoption by the following vote: 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan and the President of the 
Borou.gli of Brooklyn — 13. 

Negative — The Presidents of the Boroughs of The Bronx. Queens and Rich- 
mond — 3. 

(Section 246 of the Charter requires a unanimous vote for the adoption of 
a resolution of this character.) 

New Utrecht Avenue, from 81st Street to 86th Street, and 82nd Street, from 
Bay 16th Street to New Utrecht Avenue, Borough of Brooklyn— Acquiring 
Title (CaL No. 137). , , ^, . , 

(On April 14 and 28, and on May 12 and 26, 1916, the report of the Chief 
Engineer was presented and the matter laid over; on the latter date (Cal. No. 

176) until June 16, 1916.) . , , t. • . . r .u n t, 

(On [une 16. 1916 (Cal. No. 98), a jonit report of the President of the Borough 
of Brooklyn and the Chief Engineer recommending authorization of the proceeding 
for acquiring title and sulmiitting an area of assessment was presented and a resolu- 
tion adopted fixing Uilv ". 1916, as the date for a public hearing thereon ) 

(After a public "hearing on lulv 7. 1916 (Cal. No. 4). on the area of assessment 
recommended bv the President of the Borough of Brooklyn and the thief Engineer 
of the P.oard the matter was laid over until September 15. 1916; on the latter date 
(Cal. No. 241) it was laid over until this meeting.) ., , , •, 

On motion of the President of the Borough of Brooklyn the matter was laid 
over for two weeks (October 13, 1916). 

Newtown Road, Between Jamaica Avenue and 12th Avenue. Borough of Queens 
—Agreement Relative to Exchange of Property (Cal. No. 138). 

(On Xpril 14 1''16 (Cal Nc 67). tlie communuati.Mi from the .Acting 1 resi- 
dent of the B..n.uyh ..f (Jueeiis presenting proposed agreement in tins matter, was. on 
the recommendation of the Cliief Engineer, referred to the Corporation Counsel for 
advice as to the present status of the dedicated area not needed for street purposes.) 

(On June 2?>. 1916 (Cal. No. 64). the opinion of the Corporation Counsel was 
presented and referred to the Chief Engineer.) , , ^, • r t- • - . ,..» 

(On September 15. 1916 (Cal. No. 86). the report of the Chief Engmeer was pre- 
sented and the matter laid over until September 22, 1916; on the latter date (Cal. 
No. 62) it was laid over until tiiis meeting.) 



September 29, 1916. 5514 

The Secretary presented the following report of the Chief Engineer: 

Report No. 16018. September 6, 1916. 

Hon. John Purroy Mitchel, Mayor, Chairman of the Board of Estimate and Appor- 
tionment: 

Sir — At the meeting of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment held on April 
14, 1916, there was presented a communication from the Acting President of the 
Borough of Queens, sulmiitting for consideration a proposed form of agreement to be 
entered into between The City of New York and Mr. William Allan, under which 
Mr. Allan proposes to convey to the City two parcels owned by him on the westerly 
side of Newtown Road in the block between Jamaica Avenue and 12th Avenue, 
providing that the City will cede to him its right, title and interest in a small adjoining 
parcel on the westerly side of the street which falls outside of its lines. 

In a report of your Engineer upon the matter presented at that time it was 
shown that the westerly line of Newtown Road in the block described as laid out 
in 1873 by the General Improvement Commission of Long Island City, fails to 
harmonize with the lines of an old street then in use with the efifect of leaving an 
area of about 22 square feet presumably dedicated to public use outside of the street 
system, which was then made to include the two parcels belong to Mr. Allan and 
having an aggregate area of about 87 square feet. It was suggested by your Engineer 
that before acting upon the matter the opinion of the Corporation Counsel be sought 
as to the present status of the land within the old street lines which falls outside 
of the street as now laid out, and as to the value of the property right the City 
v/as asked to release. 

The opinion sought from the Corporation Counsel was presented at the meeting 
of the Board held on June 23, 1916, and was then referred to the Chief Engineer. 
The Board is advised that the portion of the street shown outside of the lines of 
Newtown Road as laid out on the Commissioners' map of Long Island City, rnay 
be regarded as closed, but the remaining questions submitted to the Corporation 
Counsel no not appear to have been answered. 

In my judgment the proposed exchange of properties will be advantageous to 
the City, and I would recommend the adoption of a resolution, subject to the con- 
currence of the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, authorizing the Corporation 
Counsel to enter into an agreement with Mr. Allan as to the acceptance of titleto 
the land owned by him within the lines of Newtown Road, subject to the condition 
that upon receipt of a satisfactory deed and a waiver of all claims for damage due to 
the closing of the old road the City, through the Commissioners of the Sinking 
Fund, will convev to Mr. Allan whatever title it may have in the parcel outside of 
the street lines. 'Respectfully, NELSON P. LEWIS, Chief Engineer. 

The following resolution was offered : 

Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment hereby recommends 
to the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund of the City of New York that the neces- 
sary action be taken by them, pursuant to the provisions of section 205a of the 
Greater New York Charter, to authorize an exchange of property by which Mr. 
William Allan shall convey to the City of New York two separate parcels lymg 
within the lines of Newtown Road and contiguous to the- westerly side thereof in the 
block between lamaica Avenue and 12th Avenue, Long Island City, Borough of 
Queens, the said parcels having an aggregate area of about 87 square feet, and the 
City shall convev to him in exchange all its right, title and interest to and in an 
adjoining parcel' on the westerly side of the street which falls outside the lines of 
the street as now mapped, but within the lines of a road which was in existence 
when the said map was adopted, the last named parcel being approximately 22 square 
feet in area. 

Which was adopted by the following vote : 

Affirmative— The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan, and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond— 16. 



Fairview Avenue, from Stanhope Street to Forest Avenue, Borough of Queens- 
Acquiring Title (Cal. No. 139). 

(On June 9. 1916 (Cal. No. 191), on motion of the President of the Borough of 
Queens, the' Corporation Counsel was requested to delay application for confirmation 
of the proceeding for one month from June 15. 1916, and the Committee on Assess- 
ments was requested to report in the meantime on a suggested amendment of the area 
of assessment, which was referred to the Committee on May 12, 1916 (Cal. No. 175). 

(On July 7. 1916 (Cal. No. 195), the matter was laid over until July 27, 1916, and 
the Secretary was directed to request the Corporation Counsel to delay the application 
for confirmation until further advised by the Board.) 



5515 September 29, 1916. 

The Secretary presented a communication dated July 14, 1916, from the Corpora- 
tion Counsel acknowledging receipt of the request to delay application for confirmation. 

(On July 27, 1916 (Cal. No. 391), the matter of tlie amendment of the area of 
assessment was laid over until September 15, 1916; on the latter date (Cal. Xo. 242;, 
it was laid over until this meeting.) 

On motion, the matter was laid over for one week (October 6, 1916.) 



Department of Education — Approval of Contract, Plans, Specitications, Etc. 

(Cal. No. 140). 

(On September 22, 1916 (Cal. No. 27), the report of tlie Bureau of Contract 
Supervision was presented and the matter laid over until this meeting.) 

The Secretary presented a communication, dated September 1, 1916, from the 
Assistant Secretary, Board of Education, requesting approval of the form of contract, 
specifications and plans for tool equipment and electric wiring in various public 
schools in the Boroughs of Brooklyn, Manhattan and Queens, at a total estimated 
cost of ^23,925; and the following report of the Bureau of Contract Supervision 
recommending approval thereof : 

September 19, 1916. 
To the Board of Estimate and Apportionment: 

Gentlemen — On September 2, 1916, you referred to the Bureau of Contract 
Supervision a communication from the Board of Education dated September 1, 
1916, requesting approval of the form of contract, specifications, plans and estimates 
of cost for tool equipment and electric wiring for same in Public Schools, as 
follows : 

Estimated 
Cost. 
Borough of Brooklvn — 

Public School 5'0 3.575 00 

Public School 72 3.500 00 

Public School 110 1.400 00 

Public School 125 1,400 00 

Public School 126 1.400 00 

Public School 149 2.050 00 

Public School 150 1.400 00 

Public School 156 3.550 00 

Public School 165 1.400 00 

Borough of Manhattan — 

Public School 109 2,050 00 

Public School 171 1.400 00 

Borough of Queens — 

Public School 6 SOO 00 

The cost of the equipment Jor the Brooklyn schools is to be charged to the cor- 
porate stock fund "C.D.E. 143, School Buildings, Borough of Brooklyn, Alteration 
and Equipment of Specified Schools." 

The cost of the equipment for the Manhattan schools is to be charged to the 
corporate stock fund entitled "C.D.E. 142A, School Buildings, Borough of Man- 
hattan, .Alteration and eciuipment of Specified .Schools." The cost of the equipment 
lor Public School 6, Queens, is to be charged to the corporate stock fund entitled 
"C.D.E., 71 G, School I'uilding Fund, Interior Construction and Equipment. Queens. 
Sub-title No. 13." Appropriations for these funds were approved by your Board 
on June 9, 1916. There are sufficient balances in these funds to pay the cost of this 
equipment. 

The equipment to be provided consists of machinery and tools for elementary and 
advanced woodworking shops, sheet metal shops and printing shops in connection 
with the duplicate school plan of organization. 

The specifications and plans have been approved by Mr. William Wirt. Educa- 
tional Consultant of the Committee on Education, and, together with the form of 
contract, are satisfactory. The estimates of cost are reasonable. 

I recommend the adoption of the attached resolution granting the request. 
Respectfully. TIKDEN ADAMSOX. Director. 

The following resolution was offered: 

Resolved. That the Board of Estimate and .Apportionment, pursuant to its reso- 
lution .->f July 11, 1912. hereby approves the form of contract, plans, specifications 
and estimates of cost for tool equipment in Public Schools, under the jurisdiction 
of the Department of Education, as follows: 



September 29, 1916. 5516 

Borough of Brooklyn. 

Public School 50, estimated cost three thousand five hundred and seventy- 
five dollars ($3,575). 

Public School 72, estimated cost three thousand five hundred dollars ($3,500). 

Public School 110, estimated cost one thousand four hundred dollars ($1,400) 

Public School 125, estimated cost one thousand four hundred dollars ($1,400). 

Public School 126, estimated cost one thousand four hundred dollars ($1,400). 

Public School 149, estimated cost two thousand and fifty dollars ($2,050). 

Public School 150, estimated cost one thousand four hundred dollars ($1,400). 

Public School 156, estimated cost three thousand five hundred and fifty 
dollars ($3,550). 

Public School 165, estimated cost one thousand four hundred dollars ($1,400). 
— the cost of the above to be charged to the corporate stock fund entitled, "C. D. E., 
143, School Buildings, Borough of Brooklyn, Alteration and Equipment of Specified 
Schools" ; 

Borough of Manhattan. 

Public School 109, estimated cost two thousand and fifty dollars ($2,050). 

Public School 171, estimated cost one thousand four hundred dollars ($1,400). 
— the cost of the above to be charged to the corporate stock fund entitled "C. D. E. 
142A, School Buildings, Borough of Manhattan, Alteration and Equipment of Specified 
Schools" ; 

BorongJi of Queens. 

Public School 6, estimated cost, eight hundred dollars ($800), 
— the cost of the above to be charged to the corporate stock fund entitled "C. D. E. 
71 G, School Building Fund, Interior Construction and Equipment, Queens, Sub-title 
No. 13"; provided that in the event that the aggregate sum of the lowest bids received 
for the twelve items is equal to or less than the aggregate sum of the twelve items 
herein approved (although the amount of the lowest bid for one or more items may 
exceed the amount approved for said item or items), then the awards for the twelve 
items, provided all are awarded, may be made without further approval by the 
Board of Estimate and Apportionment, and further provided that in the event that 
the aggregate sum of the lowest bids received for the twelve items exceeds the aggre- 
gate sum of the twelve items herein approved, no award for any item shall be made 
and tlie amount of such estimated cost upon the bids so received may be reconsidered 
in its discretion, by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment or by any official 
designated by the Board, provided that the aggregate of the bids is within the amount 
authorized and available for said work. 

Which was adopted by the following vote : 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, and the President of the Borough of Brooklyn — 11. 

Negative— The Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan and the Presidents 
of the Boroughs of The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 5. 

Department of Education — Approval of Amended Estimates of Cost (Cal No. 

141). 

(On August 16, 1916. the Comptroller approved of the estimates of cost for this 
work at $276,500.) 

The Secretary presented a communication dated September 14, 1916, from the 
Board of Education requesting approval of new estimates of cost in the sum of 
$332,365 for erection of Manhattan Trade School for Girls ; and a report of the Bureau 
of Contract Supervision recommending approval thereof. (See Calendar No. 28, 
Minutes of September 22, 1916, for report relative to this matter.) 

(On September 22. 1916 (Cal. No. 28), the Board approved of Item No. 2, 
Structural Steel Work, at an estimated cost of $80,000, and Item No. 3, Plumbing 
and Drainage, at an estimated cost of $24,365, and deferred action on Item 1 until this 
meeting; and also referred the matter to the Bureau of Contract Supervision for 
further report.) 

Carl Levine, representing Thomas Dwyer, the low ladder on Item No. 1, addressed 
the Board. 

Tlie matter was laid over for one week (October 6, 1916). 

Department of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity — Issue of Corporate Stock 
for Street Lighting in Brooklyn (Cal. No. 142). 

The Secretary presented a communication dated July 6, 1916, from the Commis- 
sio'ner of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity, referring to his communication dated 
June 26, 1916 (which was referred to the Bureau of Contract Supervision by the 



5517 September 29, 1916. 

Secretary of the Board June 27, 1916), in relation to certain new plans which may 
be adopted for street lighting in the 30th Ward of Brooklyn subsequent to September 
1, 1910, with particular reference to Plan 3, which contemplates the purchase and in- 
stallation by the City of the entire electric street lighting equipmeni and the purchase 
of current at one central point from the Edison Electric Illuminating Company of 
Brooklyn, for supplying the lami)S, and which is fully outlined in the report of the 
Chief Enginetr ot Liglit and Power, accompanying the comnmnicalion. The Com- 
missioner reciuests that early consideration be given this plan, and states if the 
necessary amount of corporate stock l)e authorized to put it into ciTect, large annual 
savings to the City in the cost of lighting the 30th Ward will result forthwith. 

(The above mentioned communication was presented to the Board on July 7, 1916 
(Cal. No. 210), and laid over until July 27, 1916, and the Secretary directed to re(iuest 
the Bureau oif Contract Supervision to prepare a report by that date.) 

(On July 27, 1916 (Cal. No. 392), the matter was laid over until September 15, 
1916; and on the latter date (Cal. No. 243) it was laid over until this meeting.) 

The matter was laid over for four weeks (October 27, 1916). 



Court House Board — Modified Plans, Specifications and Contract for New Court 
House and Issue of Corporate Stock Therefor (Cal. No. 143). 

The Secretarv presented a communication from the Secretary of the Court House 
Board, dated March 7, 1916, submitting for approval modified plans, specifications and 
contract for the erection of a new court house and requesting an authorization of 
$7,500,000 corporate stock to meet the cost thereof. 

(On March 10, 1916 (Cal. No. 59), the matter was laid over until March 17, 1916, 
and referred to the Committee of the Whole for report. On the latter jdate (Cal. No. 
121) the matter was laid over until March 24, 1916. awaiting the report of the Com- 
mittee. On March 24, 1916 (Cal. No. 81), after hearing citizens and representatives 
of civic organizations in opposition to or in favor of the proposed improvement, and 
the presentation of various communications on the subject, the matter was referred 
back to the Committee of the Whole.) 

(The matter was ordered on the Calendar of the meeting held .\pril 14. 1916, and 
laid over on that date until April 28, 1916. On April 28, May 5 and 19 and on June 
2, 9 and 23, 1916 (Cal. No. 131). it was again laid over.) 

(On July 7. 1916 (Cal. No. 196), the matter was laid over until July 11, 1916. and 
on the latter date (Cal. No. 395) it was laid over until this meeting.) 

(Communications, etc., presented at previous meetings relative to this matter (sec 
Cal. No. 196. July 7, 1916), arc on file.) 

The Secretary presented a communication dated July 24, 1910. from the Institute 
for Public Service, urging the completion of the study of the use of space in public- 
owned buildings prior to definite action on the above matter; alsf/ a communication 
dated September 20, 1916, from the Advisory Council of Real Estate Interests, urging 
that some definite action be taken with reference to the construction of the new court 
house. 

The matter was laid over until the Court H<^.-usc Board and the Corporation 
Counsel report on the form of contract. 



MATTERS CONSIDERED BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT. 

The following matters not on the calendar for this day were considered by unani- 
mons consent : 

Board of Estimate and Apportionment; Department of Parks, BorouRhs of 
Manhattan and Richmond— Modification of Schedule (Cal. No. 144). 

The Secretary i)reseiUed the foll^win'.^ conimuiiication from the Commissioner 
of Parks, P.oroughs of Manhattan and Richmond : , • , , 

City of New York. Department of Parks. Boroughs of Manhattan and Richmond, 
Municipal P.uilding. 10th Floor. September 21. 1916. v ^r . r- 

To the Board of lisliniatc and Atporlionmcnt. Municipal Building. New York City: 

Gentlemen— Request is hcrebv made for the modification of Account No. 47. 
Board of Estimate and .\pporti(mnient. Contingencies, in order that a Per.sonal Service 
Schedule mav be set up against this account tw allow for a temporary engineering 
force to be iised for the purpose of making a detailed topographical survey of the 
area of Riverside Park. 

There is no provision in the departmental budget and no corporate stock or rev- 
enue bond authorization in existence fro-m which this force may be paid. 



September 29, 1916. 5518 

The estimated time of the force needed for this work is as follows : 

1 Assistant Engineer $1,800 00 6 months $900 00 

1 Assistant Engineer 1,800 00 3 months 450 00 

2 Transitmen, or equal grades 1,500 00 3 months 750 00 

4 Rodmen 1,080 00 3 months 1.080 00 

3 Draftsmen 1,500 00 6 months 2,250 00 



$5,430 00 
No topographical survey exists or has ever been made of this improved portion 
of the park area of the city, and in consequence for many years succeeding park 
administrations have urged the necessity for this work. The' need for such a survey 
has become particularly evident every time any buildings or redesigning or other 
activities require any changes to be made in the existing layout and structures of this 
park. Respectfully yours. CABOT WARD, Co'mmisioner of Parks. 

Hon. Cabot Ward, Commissioner of Parks, Boroughs of Manhattan and Rich- 
mond, appeared in favor. 

The i^ollowing resolution was offered : 

Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment hereby approves of 
the schedules, as revised, for the year 1916, as follows : 

Board of Estimate and Apportionment. 

47 Contmgencics $48,726 30 

Bureau of Public Improvements — 

Assistant Engineer at $2,700 per annum (3 months) 675 00 

^ Committee on Taxation — 

Stenographer and Tvpewriter at $80 per month (2 

months) $160 00 

For temporary and occasional services 250 00 

For general and incidental expenses 300 00 

710 00 

Committee on City Plan — 

Transit Expert at $10 per day (60 days) 600 00 

Committee on Tax Budget 1,500 00 

Pension Commission — 

Salaries. Tcmporarv Employees — 

Actuary at $3,600 (4 months) $1,200 00 

JMunicipal Examiner at $1,800 (4 months) 600 00 

Draftsman. 2 at $1,500 (4 months) 1.500 00 

Actuarial Clerk at $1,500 (4 months) 500 CO 

Actuarial Clerk at $1,050 (4 months) 350 00 

Clerk at $1,200 (4 months) 40O 00 

Clerk at $1,050 (4 months) 350 00 

Stenographer and Typewriter at $900 (4 months) 300 00 

Clerk. 3 at $900 (4 months) 900 00 

Clerk at $720 (4 months) 240 00 

Clerk Card Indexer at $720 (4 months) 240 00 

Clerk, 2 at $600 (4 months) 400 00 

Clerk at $300 (4 months) 100 00 

Taliulating Macliine Operator at $900 (4 months) 300 00 
Talnilating Machine Operator. 2 at $600 (4 

months) 400 00 

$7,280 00 
Contingencies 595 00 

7,875 00 

Department of Parks, Manhattan and Richmond. 

Topographical Survev of Riverside Park — 

Assistant EnsMueer'. 2 at $1,800 (3 months each)... $900 00 

Transitman, 2 at $1,500 (3 months each) 750 00 

Rodman. 4 at $1,080 (3 months each.) 1,080 00 

Draftsman, 3 at $1,500 (3 months each) 1,125 00 

3,855 00 



$63,941 30 

Which was adopted by the followi^ng vote : 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 



5519 September 29. 1916. 

Review Avenue, Between Howard Street and Laurel Hill Boulevard, Borough 
of Queens — Changing Urades (Cal. No. 145). 

The Secretary presented the following communication from the Secretary to the 
President of the Borougli of Queens: 

The City of New York, Office of the President of the Borough of Queens, Long 
Island City, September 29, 1916. 
To the Board of Estimate and Apportionment: 

Gentlemen — By direction of President Connolly, I beg to forward herewith for 
your approval, map altering the grades of Review Avenue, from Howard Street to 
Laurel Hill Boulevard, in the First Ward. Dated. Xcw York, August 17, 1916. 

The purpose of tliis map is to make the grades of the streets more closely con- 
form to existing conditions. 

Yours respectfully. HUGH HALL, Secretary to the President. 

(Alap accompanies.) 

The President of the Borough of Queens offered the following resolution: 

Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment of The City of New 
York, in pursuance of the provisions of section 442 of the Greater New York Charter, 
as amended, deeming it for the public interest so to do, proposes to change tiie map 
or plan of Tiie City of New York, by changing the grades of Review Avenue, between 
Howard Street and Laurel Hill Boulevard. Borough of Queens, which proposed change 
is more particularly shown upon a map or plan bearing the signature of the President 
of the Borough, and dated August 17. 1916. 

Resolved. That this Board consider the proposed change at a meeting of thd 
Board, to be held in the City Hall. Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, on 
Friday, October 20. 1916. at 10.30 o'clock a. m. 

Resolved, That the Secretary of this Board cause these resolutions, and a notice 
to all persons affected thereby that the proposed change will be considered at a 
meeting of the Board to be held at the aforesaid time and place, to be published in the 
City Record for ten days continuously, Sundays and legal holidays excepted, prior 
to the 20th day of October, 1916. 

Which was adopted by the following vote : 

Affirmative— The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, t!ve Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 

Fourth Street, from East Avenue to Van Alst Avenue and from Van \\st 
Avenue to a Line 327.6 Feet East of f£ast .\venue. Borough of Queens— I inal 
Authorization for Grading, Curbing, Recurbing and Paving (Cal. No. 146). 

The President of the P.orou.cli of Queens presented a certificate, dated September 
27, 1916, showing that all of the preliminary work has been completed and offered the; 
following: 

A copy of a resolution of the Local Board of the Newtown District, duly adopted 
by said Board on the 22d dav of Tune. 1916. and approved by the President of the! 
Borough of Queens on the 28th day of June, 1916, having been transmitted to the 
Board of Estimate and Apportionment, initiating proceedings for the following local 
improvement : a ■ \ 

"For regulating, grading, curliing and recurbing, flagging and rcflagging where 
necessarv, together with all work incidental thereto, in Fourth Street, from East 
Avenue to Van .Alst Avenue, and paving with a permanent pavement of sheet as- 
phalt upon a concrete foundation six inches in thickness, from a line about 327.6 
feet east of East Avenue to Van Alst Avenue, First Ward of the Borough of 

Queens." ... . j u 

—and thereupon on the 27th dav of Julv, 1916. resolutions having been adopted by 
the Board of Estimate and Apportionment authorizing the President of the Borough 
of Queens to prepare the necessarv plans, specifications and an estimate of the cost 
of the proposed improvement based on actual survey and further resolving that the 
Board of Estimate and .Apportionment will consider the authorization of tire con- 
struction of the proposed improvement after the President of the Borough of Queens 
has submitted certain statements as provided in the said resolution. «'»"" the said 
resolution having been dulv complied with by the President of the Borough of Queens, 
as appears l)y papers and documents on the files of the Board of Estimate and Ap- 
portionment, and there having been presented to the Board of Estimate and Apportion- 
ment an estimate in writing in such detail as the Board has directed that the co.st of 
the proposed work or improvement, together with the preliminary expenses will be 
the sum of $6..^00 ; and a statement of the assessed value according to the last pre- 
ceding tax roll of the real estate included within the probable area of assessment, to 
wit, the sum of $182,000. having also been presented, it is 



September 29, 1916. 5520 

Resolved, That the said resolution of the Local Board be and the same is hereby- 
approved and the construction of the local improvement therein provided for is 
hereby authorized. This Board does hereby determine that no portion of the cost 
and expense thereof shall be borne and paid by The City of New York, but that 
the whole of such cost and expense, including the aforesaid preliminary expenses, 
shall be assessed upon the property deemed to be benefited by the said local improve- 
ment. 

Which was adopted by the following vote : 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 



Van Dam Street (Easterly Side), Between Meeker Avenue and Nassau Avenue, 
Borough of Brooklyn — Proposed Amendment of Districting Resolution (Cal. 
No. 147). 

(On September 15, 1916 (Cal. No. 249), a petition dated September 12, 1916, 
of Solomon N. Kleier, requesting that the cast side of Van Dam Street, between 
Meeker Avenue and Nassau Avenue, Brooklyn, be clianged to an unrestricted zone, 
was presented and referred to the Committee on City Plan.) 

The Secretary presented the following report of the Committee on the City 
Plan : 

September 26, 1916. 
Board of Estimate and Apportionment: 

Gentlemen — On September 15, 1916, the Board of Estimate and Apportionment 
received and referred to the Committee on the City Plan a petition of Solomon N. 
Kleier, requesting a change in Use District Map Section No. 13, adopted July 25, 
1916. The Secretary of your Committee reports to the Committee as follows: 

"The petition of Solomon N. Kleier requests that the east side of Van 
Dam Street between Meeker Avenue and Nassau Avenue, Brooklyn, be changed 
from a business district to an unrestricted district. The property that would be 
immediately affected is marked ''A' on the accompanying diagram. 

"This property is about 1,200 feet from Newtown Creek and is on the edge 
of a large unrestricted district and will probably be almost exclusivelj^ used for 
industrial purposes. Apollo Street, one block to the west, is improved with 
modern two-story brick dwellings. Van Dam Street itself, between Meeker 
Avenue and Nassau Avenue, is very largely unimproved. On the west side of 
the street there is a three-story restaurant and dwelling and three two-story frame 
dwellings. On the east side there is a three-story frame store and dwelling, a 
three-story frame dwelling, a small two-story frame building occupied by a skin 
dressing plant and a one-story wagon works and stable. The remaining and 
larger portion of the frontage is vacant. The petitioner has filed plans with 
the Bureau of Buildings for the erection of a fur skin dressing plant. 

"In view of the character and use of the neighboring property, I recommend 
that the area marked 'A' ofi the accompanying diagram be changed from a 
business district to an unrestricted district. 

"Through an inadvertence the map adopted July 25, 1916, shows a small plot 

at the corner of Meeker Avenue and Porter Avenue as a business district. This 

small area, marked 'B' on the accompanying diagram, should be changed from 

a business district to an unrestricted district. This slight change should be made 

at the same time that the change petitioned for on Van Dam Street is made." 

In view of the above, your (Committee recommends that the Board fix a day 

ror a public hearing on the proposed changes in Use District Map Section No. 13, 

and that notice of such proposed hearing and changes be published for ten days in the 

City Record. Respectfully submitted, 

JOHN PURROY MITCHEL, Mayor, Chairman; RALPH FOLKS, Acting 
President, Borough of Manhattan: LEWIS H. POUNDS, President. Borough of 
Brooklyn; DOUGLAS M.XTHEWSON, President, Borough of The Bronx; MAU- 
RICE E. CONNOLLY. President, Borough of Queens; CALVIN D. VAN NAME, 
President, Borough of Richmond; Committee on the City Plan. 

The President of the Borough of Brooklyn offered the followinsr resolution: 
Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment of The City of New 
York in pursuance of the provisions of sections 242a and 242b of the Greater New 
York Charter, will hold a public hearing on Friday. October 13, 1916, at 10.30 a. m., 
in Room 16, City Hall, on a proposal to amend rhe Building Zone Resolution adopted 
by the Board on July 25, 1916. by changing the Use District Map Section No. 13, which 
change is .shown upon a map bearing the signature of the Secretary of the Commjttee 
en the City Plan, dated September 27. 1916. 

Which was adopted by the following vote : 



5521 September 29, 1916. 

Affirmative— The Mau.r. ilic Comptroller, the i 'resident of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 



Plaza Lafayette (West 181st Street), from Haven Avenue to Riverside Drive 
Service Streetj Borough of Manhattan — Preliminary Authorization for Paving, 
Curbing and Recurbing. 
West 18 1st Street, from Haven Avenue to Riverside Drive Ser\ice Street, 
Borough of Manhattan — Kstablishing Roadway and Sidewalk Widths (Cal. 
No. 148). 

liic Secretary presented a resolution adopted September 19, 1916, by the Local 
Board of the Washington Heights District, Borough of Manhattan, initialing pro- 
ceedings for tliis improvement; and the following report of the Chief Engineer: 

Report No Iol03. September 29th, 1916. 

Hon. John Purrov Mitchel, Mayor, Cliainiiaii of the Board of Estimate and Apt<or- 
tioniiiciit : 

Sir — Herewith is transmitted a resolution of the Local Board of the Washington 
Heights District, Borough of Manhattan, adopted on September 19th, 1916, initiating 
proceedings for paving with granite block (preliminary pavement) the southerly road- 
way of Plaza Lafayette (West 181st Street), from Haven Avenue to Riverside Drive 
Service Street, and for curbing and recurbing where necessary. 

This resolution affects one block or about 200 feet at the westerly end of West 
181st Street, title to which has been legally acquired. The street is graded and curbed, 
and the flagging is partially provided. Apartment houses have been erected or are 
in course of construction along almost the entire frontage. With the exception of 
the gas main, all of the subsurface structures have been provided for. 

Under a map approved on February 27th, 1914, through the absorption of the 
Service Street previously acquired along its southerly side. West 181st Street, in the 
block between Haven Avenue and Riverside Drive was laid out to have a width of 
120 feet and the street grades were radically changed so as to provide a suitable 
connection into Riverside Drive by means of a Service Street on its easterly side. 
On the same date a resolution was adopted here fixing the roadway width at 'M feet, 
the intention having been to leave a sidewalk 18 feet wide on each side. The improve- 
ment now under consideration contemplates the creation of a 22- foot mall along the 
center of the street with side roadways 30 feet wide, and also increasing the southerly 
sidewalk space to 20 feet to conform with the position of the existing curbing. For 
the reason that the street was paved at the expense of the property owners along the 
lines originally laid out, the northerly roadway is to be repaved from funds which it 
is understood are available in the Repaving Bond Account, and the scoiie of the reso- 
lution is accordingly limited to the proposed southerly roadway where the project 
constitutes an original improvement, the cost of wliich is properly assessable against 
the i)roperty benehted. In anticipation of some apprecial)le settlement in the lilling 
which has been recently placed, a surfacing of a temporary characted has been selected. 

The work is estimated to cost about $2,000, and the assessed valuation of the 
property to be benefited is reported to be $750,000. 

From the Financial Statement which has been prepared and which is awaiting 
consideration by tlie Board, it appears that preliminary' authorizations are now out- 
standing for this Borough to a greater extent than permitted under the Board rules, 
and th.at there is no balance available for final authorization as determined under the 
allotment made of the funds to be used for local improvements during the current 
year. 

The matter is presented at the request of the Acting Borough President, but in 
view of the t'lnancial conditions herein set forth I am unable to make any defln^^e 
recommendation as to authorization at tliis time, nitwithstanding that the pro- 
priety of carrying out the improvement otherwise seems clear as well as consistent 
with the rules governing urgency. If preliminary authorization is given, it should be 
with the understanding tliat the work of construction will not be begun until the 
gas main has been laid. 

In order to legalize the lines to which the curbing on the southerly side of the 
street has been set, and to clear the way for the carrying out of the improvement 
in the manner now proposed, I would recommend that the resolution of h'ebruary 
27th, under which the roadway v.idth was estalilished at 84 feet, be amended so as to 
fix the width of the sidewalk space on the nortiierly siclc of West ISlst Street from 
Haven .\ venue to Riverside Drive Service Street at 18 feet: the sidewalk space on 
the southerly side between these limits at 20 feet : and hy here establishing a mall 
22 feet wide approximately along the center, this to adjoin a roadway 30 feet wide 
on the northerlv side and the remaining area between the sidewalk spaces be assigned 
to roadway use. Respectfully, NELSON P. LEWIS, Chief Engineer. 



September 29, 1916. 5522 

The Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan offered the following: 
Whereas, the President of the Borough of Manhattan has transmitted to the 
Board of Estimate and Apportionment a copy of a resolution of the Local Board of 
the Washington Heights District, duly adopted by said Board on the 19th day of 
September, 1916, and approved by the President of the Borough of Manhattan on 
the 19th day of September, 1916, as follows, to wit : 

"Resolved, That this Board does hereby initiate proceedings for the said 
local improvement, to wit : 

"To regulate and pave the southerly roadway of Plaza Lafayette (181st 
Street), from Haven Avenue to Riverside Drive Service Street, with a pre- 
liminary granite block pavement, curb and recurb, and do all necessary work 
incidental thereto," 
■ — and which resolution -is accompanied with an approximate estimate of the cost of 
the work and the assessed value of the property benefited. 

Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment hereby authorizes the 
President of the Borough of Manhattan to prepare plans, specifications and an es- 
timate of cost based on actual survey, and also to secure a determination of the 
boundary of the district of assessment ; the entire expense of the work done sub- 
sequent to the date of this authorization to be charged against the Street Improve- 
ment Fund and later included in the assessment. 

Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment will consider the au- 
thorization of the construction of the said proposed improvement after the Presi- 
dent of the Borough of Manhattan has submitted a statement showing that all of 
the above described work has been done, that he has secured the approval of the 
form of contract by the Corporation Counsel, that he is prepared to place the im- 
provement under contract as soon as he receives the consent of the Board, and that 
the assessment map will be completed on or before the date of payment on accept- 
ance ; this report being accompanied by a further statement showing the quantity of 
work to be performed under each item and the unit price thereof, the expense in- 
curred for preliminary work, the allowance to be made for additional engineering 
and contingencies, the total probable cost, and the number of working days to be 
allowed the contractor for carrying out the work. 
Which was adopted by the following vote : 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Al- 
dermen, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan, and the Presidents of 
the Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 

The Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan offered the following reso- 
lution : 

Resolved by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment that the resolution 
adopted by said Board on February 27, 1914, reading: 

"Resolved by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment of The City of 

New York that the width of the roadway of West 181st Street, between the 

Service Street and Haven Avenue, Borough of Manhattan, is hereby established 

at 84 feet; said roadway to be centrally located;" 
— be and the same hereby is amended to read as follows : 

Resolved by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment that the width of the 
sidewalk space on the northerly side of West 181st Street, from Haven Avenue to 
Riverside Drive Service Street, Borough of Manhattan, is hereby fixed at 18 feet ; 
the sidewalk space on the southerly side between these limits at 20 feet, with a 
mall 22 feet wide approximately along the center, said mall to adjoin a roadway 
30 feet wide on the northerly side ; and that the remaining area between the sidewalk 
spaces be assigned to roadway use. 

Which was adopted by the following vote : 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Al- 
dermen, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan, and the Presidents of 
the Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 



Plaza Lafayette (West 181st Street), from Haven Avenue to Riverside Drive 
Service Street, Borough of Manhattan — Final Authorization for Paving, Curb=- 
ing and Recurbing (Cal. No. 149). 

The Secretary presented the following report of the Chief Engineer: 
Report No. 16104. September 29, 1916. 

Hon. John Purroy Mitchel, Mayor, Chairman of the Board of Estimate and Ap- 
portionment: 

Sir — Herewith is transmitted a communication from the Acting President of the 
Borough of Manhattan, advising that all of the conditions which it is the practice 
of the Board to impose prior to the authorization of local improvements have been 
complied with in the matter of paving with granite block (preliminary pavement) 



5523 September 29, 1916. 

and curbing and recurbing the southerly roadway of Plaza Lafayette (181st Street), 
from Haven Avenue to Riverside Drive Service Street. 

A report intended to establish the urgency of this improvement, but without 
recommendation, is now before the Board for consideration. The matter of grant- 
ing final authorization at the same time is now placed before the Board at the re- 
quest of the Acting Borough President, but attention is called to the fact that the 
allotment of funds for the Borough of Manhattan for improvements of this charac- 
ter has already been exceeded. 

The Acting Borough President states that there have been no charges made 
against the Street Improvement Fund, and that it is proposed to allow the con- 
tractor 20 days in which to carry out the improvement. 

The work to be done comprises the following: 850 square yards granite block 
oavement ; 210 linear feet granite curbing; 10 linear feet old curbing reset. 
The cost of the improvement is estimated to be $2,100. 

The matter is submitted to the Board for such action as may be deemed proper 
Respectfully, NELSON P. LEWIS, Chief Engineer. 

The Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan offered the following: 
A copy of a resolution of the Local Board of the Washington Heights District, 
duly adopted by said Board on the 19th day of September, 1916, and approved by 
the President of the Borough of Manhattan on the 19th day of September, 1916, 
having been transmitted to the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, as follows, to 
wit : 

"Resolved, that this Board does hereby initiate proceedings for the said local 
improvement, to wit : 

"To regulate and pave the .southerly roadway of Plaza Lafayette (ISlst 
Street), from Haven Avenue to Riverside Drive Service Street, with a prelim- 
inary granite block pavement, curb and recurb and do all necessary work inci- 
dental thereto" ; 
— and thereupon on the 29th day of September, 1916, resolution having been adopted 
by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment authorizing the President of the Bor- 
ough of Manhattan to prepare the necessary plans, specifications and an estimate of 
the cost of the proposed improvement based on actual survey and further resolving 
that the Board of Estimate and Apportionment will consider the authorization of 
the construction of the proposed improvement after the President of the Borough of 
Manhattan has submitted certain statements as provided in the said resolution, and 
the said resolution having been duly complied with by the President of the Borough 
of ^lanhattan, as apptars by papers and documents on the files of the Board of Esti- 
mate and Apportionment, and there having been presented to the Board of Estimate 
and Apportionment an estimate in writing in such detail as the Board has directed 
that the cost of the proposed work or improvement, together with the preliminary 
expenses, will be the sum of $2,100, and a statement of the assessed value according 
to the last preceding tax roll of the real estate included within the probable area of 
assessment, to wit, the sum of $750,000, having also been presented, it is 

Resolved, that the said resolution of the Local Board be and the same is hereby 
approved and tlie construction of the local improvement therein provided for is 
hereby authorized. This Board docs hereby determine that no portion of the cost 
and expense thereof shall be Ijorne and paid by The City of New York, but that the 
whole of such cost and expense, including the aforesaid preliminary expenses, shall 
be assessed upon the property deemed to be benefited by the said local improvement. 
Which was adopted by the following vote : 

Affirmative — The Mayor, the Comptroller, the President of the Board of Alder- 
men, the Acting President of the Borough of Manhattan and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond — 16. 



Fire Department — Issue of Special Revenue Bonds and Modification of Schedules 

(Cal. No. 150). 

The Secretary presented a report of the Ct)inmittee on Salaries and Grades on 
the resolution of the Board of Aldermen, requesting an issue of $1.^,127.50 special 
revenue bonds, the proceeds to be used by the Fire Department for the purpose of 
carrying out the provisions of the new Building Inspection Law. 

The Bureau of Standards reports to the Committee that the amount re(|uired 
for personal service to perform extra work imposed upon the Fire Department by 
this law from October 1 to December 31, 1916, is $7,035, and the Bureau of Contract 
Supervision reports that the amount required for other than personal service, viz., 
supplies, equipment, etc., is $3,523.30. and recommends an issue of $10,558.30 special 
revenue bonds and modification of schedules accordingly. 

Clarence H. Fay. Deputy Fire Commissioner, appeared in favor. 

The matter was laid over for one week (Octolier 6. 1916), under Rule 19. 



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Fire Department — Salaries of Engineers (Cal. No. 151). 

The Secretary presented a communication dated September 28, 1916, from the 
President of the Civil Service Forum, urging an increase in the salaries of Engineers 
of the Fire Department. 

Which was referred to the Committee on Tax Budget. 

Department of Parks and Other City Departments — Salaries of Gardeners (Cal. 

No. 152). 

The Secretary presented a communication, dated September 13, 1916, from the 
National Association of Gardeners endorsing the salary range for Gardener as 
recommended in the report of the Bureau of Standards on Standard Specifications for 
Personal Service. 

Which was referred to the Committee on Salaries and Grades. 



Eagle Avenue Extension, Hempstead, Nassau County — Request for Appropriation 

(Cal. No. 153). 

The Secretary presented a communication, dated September 27, 1916, from the 
Town Clerk of Hempstead, Long Island, enclosing copy of resolution adopted by the 
Town Board and Superintendent of Highways urging an immediate report by the 
Chief Engineer of the Board on the request of said Town Board for an appropriation 
of $10,000 for the extension of Eagle Avenue in a northeasterly direction along the 
westerly border of the Hempstead Storage Reservoir. 

(On December 11, 1914 (Cal. No. 113), the petition of the Town Board of Hemp- 
stead, together with the West Hempstead, Hempstead Gardens and Lake View Asso- 
ciation, for the above appropriation, was referred to the Chief Engineer for report.) 

(On May 28, 1915 (Cal. No. 82), the report of the Chief Engineer recommending 
that the petition be denied, was presented to the Board and laid over until June 11, 
1915; at said meeting and subsequent meetings until August 26, 1915, the matter was 
presented and laid over; on the latter date (Cal. No. 102), it was referred back to the 
Chief Engineer.') 

The communication and resolution were referred to the Chief Engineer. 



Public Service Commission for the First District— Determination as to Manner 
in Which Bridge Structure Carrying Morris Avenue Over Tracks of the New 
York and Harlem Railroad Shall be Altered or Changed (Cal. No. 154). 

The Secretary presented a resolution adopted by the Public Service Commission 
for the First District on September 22, 1916, fixing Monday, October 23, 1916, at 2.30 
o'clock p. m. as the date for a hearing on the petition of the New York Central 
Railroad Company for a determination as to the manner in which the bridge structure 
carrying Morris Avenue over the tracks of the New York & Harlem Railroad shall 
be altered or changed. 

Which was referred to Corporation Counsel and Cliief Engineer to attend the 
hearing before the Public Service Commission for the First District. 

Department of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity— Amendment to Departmental 
Estimate for 1917 (Cal. No. 155). 

The Secretary presented a communication, dated September 27, 1916, from the 
Commissioner of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity, requesting that the departmental 
estimate for his department for the year 1917 he modified so as to provide for an 
increase in salary for Ravmond W. Gulick. Mechanical Engineer, from $1,800 to 
$2,280 per annum, in Code No. 2163TW (1916) in the budget as submitted. 

Which w^as referred to the Committee on Tax Budget. 

Department of Parks, Borough of Queens— Amendment to Departmental Esti- 
mate for 1917 (Cal. No. 156). 

The Secretary presented a communication, dated September 22, 1916, from the 
Commissioner of' Parks, Borough of Queens, submitting amendment to his depart- 
mental estimate for 1917, as follows: Code 1375. increasing the salary of Forester 
from $2,280 to $2,460, and Clerk from $1,350 to $1,560 per annum. 

Which was referred to the Committee on Tax Budget. 

City Magistrates' Courts— Supplement to Departmental Estimate for 1917 

(Cal. No. 157). 

The Secretary presented a communication, dated September 19, 1916, from the 
Chief City Magistrate supplementing the 1917 budget estimate of the City Magis- 
trates' Courts, as follows: Motor Vehicle Hire, $736; Food Supplies, $1,350. 

Which was referred to the Committee on Tax Budget. 

On motion, the Board adjourned to meet on Fridav. October 6, 1916, at 10.30 
o'clock a. m. JOSEPH HAAG, Secretary. 



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